Balaha

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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 by Sakyapa Sönam Gyaltsen.

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