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'''Guardians of the ten directions''' ([[Wyl.]] ''phyogs skyong bcu''):
[[image:Vaishravana-1.jpg|frame|'''Vaishravana - Guardian of the North''']]
'''Guardians of the ten directions''' (Tib. ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་བཅུ་, ''chokkyong chu'', [[Wyl.]] ''phyogs skyong bcu''):


#[[Indra]] in the east;
#[[Indra]] in the east;
#Yamaraja in the south;  
#[[Yama|Yamaraja]] in the south;  
#Varunapati (Water God) in the west;  
#Varunapati (Water God) in the west;  
#Vaishravana in the north;  
#[[Vaishravana]] in the north;  
#Agnideva (Fire God) in the south-east;
#Agnideva (Fire God) in the south-east;
#Nairptah in the south-west;  
#Nairptah in the south-west;  
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#[[Brahma]] at the zenith (above); and
#[[Brahma]] at the zenith (above); and
#Bhumipati (Earth Goddess) at the nadir (below).  
#Bhumipati (Earth Goddess) at the nadir (below).  
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*[[Four Great Kings]]


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[[Category:10-Ten]]
[[Category:10-Ten]]

Latest revision as of 09:58, 29 November 2017

Vaishravana - Guardian of the North

Guardians of the ten directions (Tib. ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་བཅུ་, chokkyong chu, Wyl. phyogs skyong bcu):

  1. Indra in the east;
  2. Yamaraja in the south;
  3. Varunapati (Water God) in the west;
  4. Vaishravana in the north;
  5. Agnideva (Fire God) in the south-east;
  6. Nairptah in the south-west;
  7. Vayudeva (Wind God) in the north-west;
  8. Ishvani in the north-east;
  9. Brahma at the zenith (above); and
  10. Bhumipati (Earth Goddess) at the nadir (below).

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