Akshobhya
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Akshobhya (Skt. Akṣobhya; Tib. མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་, Mikyöpa, Wyl. mi bskyod pa; Eng. 'The Unshakeable') — one of the buddhas of the five families. He is the Buddha of the vajra family, associated with the east, and is usually depicted as blue in colour and holding a vajra. His buddha field is called Abhirati (Tib. མངོན་པར་དགའ་བ་ or མངོན་དགའ་, ngönpar gawa, Wyl. mngon par dga' ba).