Dikpalas

E449576

Hindu deity directional deities group of deities

The Dikpalas are a group of Hindu deities regarded as the guardians of the directions, each presiding over and protecting a specific cardinal or intercardinal point of the cosmos.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ashta Dikpalakas (guardians of eight directions)	1
Indra	0
Agni	0
Ishana	0
Kubera	0
Nirrti	0
Varuna	0
Vayu	0
Yama	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ Hindu deity ⓘ directional deities ⓘ group of deities ⓘ
alternateNumber	10 ⓘ 12 ⓘ
associatedWith	Hindu cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ Vastu Shastra NERFINISHED ⓘ temple architecture ⓘ
cosmicFunction	preside over cardinal and intercardinal points ⓘ protect the directions of space ⓘ
directionGuarded	east ⓘ north ⓘ northeast ⓘ northwest ⓘ south ⓘ southeast ⓘ southwest ⓘ west ⓘ
etymology	from Sanskrit ‘dik’ (direction) and ‘pala’ (protector) ⓘ
hasMember	Agni NERFINISHED ⓘ Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishana NERFINISHED ⓘ Kubera NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirrti NERFINISHED ⓘ Varuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Vayu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariantMember	Ananta NERFINISHED ⓘ Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ Naga NERFINISHED ⓘ Prajapati NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudra NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Dikpalas ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
representedIn	Hindu temple gateways ⓘ Hindu temple outer walls ⓘ mandalas ⓘ yantras ⓘ
role	guardians of the directions ⓘ
typicalNumber	8 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kubera → groupMembership → Dikpalas ⓘ

Ashtadiggajas → mythologicalReference → Dikpalas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ashta Dikpalakas (guardians of eight directions)