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The '''Pancha Raksha''' (Skt. ''Pañcarakṣā''; Tib. གཟུངས་ཆེན་གྲྭ་ལྔ།, [[Wyl.]] ''gzungs chen grwa lnga'') or 'Five Protectors', is a term used to describe both the scriptures and the deities of the “five protectress goddesses” popular in the [[Mahayana]]-[[Vajrayana | The '''Pancha Raksha''' (Skt. ''Pañcarakṣā''; Tib. གཟུངས་ཆེན་གྲྭ་ལྔ།, [[Wyl.]] ''gzungs chen grwa lnga'') or 'Five Protectors', is a term used to describe both the scriptures and the deities of the “five protectress goddesses” popular in the [[Mahayana]]-[[Vajrayana]] tradition.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | ||
These five deities each have specific functions and are directed towards accomplishing worldly welfare and happiness, preventing and surviving natural disasters, curing snakebite, overcoming fear and averting pestilence and epidemics. | These five deities each have specific functions and are directed towards accomplishing worldly welfare and happiness, preventing and surviving natural disasters, curing snakebite, overcoming fear and averting pestilence and epidemics. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Internal Links== | |||
*[[ Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm Tantra]] | |||
*[[The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen]] | |||
*[[ The Great Amulet]] | |||
*[[ The Sutra of Great Cool Grove]] | |||
*[[ Upholding the Great Secret Mantra]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=736 Pancha Raksha Main Page at Himalayan Art] | *[https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=736 Pancha Raksha Main Page at Himalayan Art] | ||
*{{84000|https://84000.co/84000-in-conversation-the-five-protections-a-buddhist-approach-to-healthcare|The Five Protections: A Buddhist Approach to Healthcare}} | |||
[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category: Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:25, 8 October 2023
The Pancha Raksha (Skt. Pañcarakṣā; Tib. གཟུངས་ཆེན་གྲྭ་ལྔ།, Wyl. gzungs chen grwa lnga) or 'Five Protectors', is a term used to describe both the scriptures and the deities of the “five protectress goddesses” popular in the Mahayana-Vajrayana tradition.[1]
These five deities each have specific functions and are directed towards accomplishing worldly welfare and happiness, preventing and surviving natural disasters, curing snakebite, overcoming fear and averting pestilence and epidemics.
The Five Pancha Raksha are:
- Maha Pratisara
- Maha Sahasrapramardini
- Mahamayuri
- Sitavati
- Mantramanudharani
There are many forms for each of these five female deities, with multiple heads and arms, and many different traditions of practice. The Pancha Raksha deities are most popular in Nepal but can be found throughout the Himalayas and Central Asia as well as in China, Korea and Japan.[2]
References
Internal Links
- Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm Tantra
- The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen
- The Great Amulet
- The Sutra of Great Cool Grove
- Upholding the Great Secret Mantra
