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The''' four male gatekeepers''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sgo ba yab bzhi'')<noinclude>, who are counted among the [[forty-two peaceful deities]],</noinclude> are:   
The''' four male gatekeepers''' (Tib. སྒོ་བ་ཡབ་བཞི་, ''gowa yab shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''sgo ba yab bzhi'')<noinclude>, who are counted among the [[forty-two peaceful deities]],</noinclude> are:   


#[[Achala]], guarding the east gate (or Vijaya? or Mahabala?)
#[[Achala]], guarding the east gate (or Vijaya, or Mahabala?)
#[[Yamantaka]], guarding the south gate
#[[Yamantaka]], guarding the south gate
#[[Hayagriva]], guarding the west gate
#[[Hayagriva]], guarding the west gate
#Amritakundali (Skt.; Tib. [[Düdtsi Yönten]]), guarding the north gate
#[[Amritakundali]], guarding the north gate<noinclude>


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*[[four female gate keepers]]


[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]]
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[[Category: Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities]]
[[Category: Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
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<noinclude>[[Category:4-Four]]</noinclude>
[[Category:04-Four]]</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 07:56, 9 February 2018

The four male gatekeepers (Tib. སྒོ་བ་ཡབ་བཞི་, gowa yab shyi, Wyl. sgo ba yab bzhi), who are counted among the forty-two peaceful deities, are:

  1. Achala, guarding the east gate (or Vijaya, or Mahabala?)
  2. Yamantaka, guarding the south gate
  3. Hayagriva, guarding the west gate
  4. Amritakundali, guarding the north gate

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