Caturmahārāja

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Buddhist deity group Four Heavenly Kings guardian deity

Caturmahārāja is the Sanskrit term for the Four Heavenly Kings, powerful guardian deities who protect the four cardinal directions in Buddhist cosmology.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caturmahārājikā	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist deity group ⓘ Four Heavenly Kings ⓘ guardian deity ⓘ
associatedWith	Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ Theravāda Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vajrayāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmologicalLevel	lowest heaven of the Kāmadhātu ⓘ
cosmologicalPosition	below Trāyastriṃśa heaven ⓘ
cosmologicalRealm	Cāturmahārājika heaven ⓘ Mount Sumeru NERFINISHED ⓘ
equivalentTermInChinese	Sì Dà Tiānwáng NERFINISHED ⓘ
equivalentTermInJapanese	Shitennō NERFINISHED ⓘ
equivalentTermInKorean	Sacheonwang NERFINISHED ⓘ
equivalentTermInTibetan	rgyal chen bzhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	guardians of the four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru ⓘ leaders of various classes of non-human beings ⓘ
hasMember	Dhṛtarāṣṭra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaiśravaṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ Virūpākṣa NERFINISHED ⓘ Virūḍhaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographicFeature	armed with weapons ⓘ armored appearance ⓘ standing as guardians at temple gates ⓘ
languageOfName	Sanskrit ⓘ
meaningOfName	Four Great Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfDeities	4 ⓘ
protectsDirection	east ⓘ north ⓘ south ⓘ west ⓘ
relatedConcept	Four Heavenly Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Lokapāla NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
role	protectors of the Dharma ⓘ protectors of the world ⓘ
scripturalSource	Mahāyāna sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ Pāli Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ Āgama sutras ⓘ
veneratedAs	protectors of lay devotees ⓘ protectors of monasteries ⓘ
worshippedIn	China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Four Heavenly Kings → SanskritName → Caturmahārāja ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caturmahārājikā