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'''Balaha''' (Tib. བ་ལ་ཧ་, Wyl. ''ba la ha'') or '''Balahaka''' is the king of horses, who bears a wish-fulfilling jewel on his back. He is an emanation of [[Avalokiteshvara]]. | '''Balaha''' (Tib. བ་ལ་ཧ་, [[Wyl.]] ''ba la ha'') or '''Balahaka''' is the king of horses, who bears a wish-fulfilling jewel on his back. He is an emanation of [[Avalokiteshvara]]. | ||
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Balaha (Tib. བ་ལ་ཧ་, Wyl. ba la ha) or Balahaka is the king of horses, who bears a wish-fulfilling jewel on his back. He is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara.
Sources
- Reference to Balaha is made in Chandrakirti's commentary to Aryadeva's Four Hundred Verses
- The story of Avalokiteshvara's manifestation as Balaha is also told in chapter six of The Clear Mirror: A Royal Geneaology (rgyal rabs gsal ba'i me long) by Sakyapa Sönam Gyaltsen.