Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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Buddhist deity Four Heavenly King guardian king

Dhṛtarāṣṭra is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhist tradition, revered as the guardian of the eastern direction and protector of the Dharma.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dhṛtarāṣṭra canonical 4
Heavenly King Dhṛtarāṣṭra 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist deity ⓘ
Four Heavenly King ⓘ
guardian king ⓘ
appearsIn Golden Light Sūtra ⓘ
Lotus Sūtra ⓘ
Mahayana sutras ⓘ
surface form: Mahāyāna sūtras

the Pali Canon ⓘ
surface form: Pāli Canon

Āgama scriptures ⓘ
associatedConcept guardianship of the world ⓘ
protection of the Dharma ⓘ
associatedRealm Cāturmahārājika heaven ⓘ
associatedWith gandharvas ⓘ
music ⓘ
yakṣas ⓘ
cosmicLocation Mount Meru ⓘ
surface form: Mount Sumeru
cosmologicalLevel guardian of one of the four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru ⓘ
cultType protective deity cult ⓘ
directionGuarded east ⓘ
dwellsIn Trāyastriṃśa heaven’s lower slopes ⓘ
dwellsOn eastern slope of Mount Sumeru ⓘ
function defend the eastern quarter from evil beings ⓘ
groupWith Bishamonten ⓘ
surface form: Vaiśravaṇa

Virūpākṣa ⓘ
Virūḍhaka ⓘ
iconographicAttribute armor ⓘ
pipa (lute) in East Asian art ⓘ
sword ⓘ
iconographicRole temple gate guardian ⓘ
kingOf eastern continent ⓘ
gandharvas ⓘ
meaningOfName “Upholder of the Nation” ⓘ
memberOf Four Heavenly Kings ⓘ
protects Buddhist practitioners ⓘ
Buddhist temples ⓘ
Dharma ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role guardian of the eastern direction ⓘ
SanskritName Dhṛtarāṣṭra self-link ⓘ
title Dhṛtarāṣṭra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heavenly King Dhṛtarāṣṭra
veneratedIn Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
worshipForm offerings and recitation of dhāraṇīs ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heavenly Kings Hall → associatedDeity → Dhṛtarāṣṭra ⓘ
Four Heavenly Kings → hasMember → Dhṛtarāṣṭra ⓘ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra → SanskritName → Dhṛtarāṣṭra self-link ⓘ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra → title → Dhṛtarāṣṭra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heavenly King Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Virūḍhaka → otherMembers → Dhṛtarāṣṭra ⓘ