Kṣitigarbha
In Buddhist traditions
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Kṣitigarbha appears as Lokastotrapūjā-nātha (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་མཆོད་བསྟོད་ ’Jig rten mchod bstod ), one of the Eight Great Herukas (བཀའ་བརྒྱད་ Kagyed) — specifically the deity of ‘Mundane or Worldly Praises’, better known in the Tibetan tradition as Destroyer of Haughty Ones (Tib. དྲེགས་པ་ཀུན་འདུལ dregs pa kun ’dul). |
Kṣitigarbha appears as Lokastotrapūjā-nātha (Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་མཆོད་བསྟོད་ ’Jig rten mchod bstod ), one of the Eight Great Herukas (བཀའ་བརྒྱད་ Kagyed) — specifically the deity of ‘Mundane or Worldly Praises’, better known in the Tibetan tradition as Destroyer of Haughty Ones (Tib. དྲེགས་པ་ཀུན་འདུལ dregs pa kun ’dul). |
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This wrathful Kṣitigarbha is depicted dark blue in colour, with a fierce expression, adorned with bone ornaments, and surrounded by flames of pristine awareness. the right face yellow, the left purple. six arms, four legs, and two wings. holds a vajra and a skull bowl (kapāla). |
This wrathful Kṣitigarbha is depicted dark blue in colour, with a fierce expression, adorned with bone ornaments, and surrounded by flames of pristine awareness. the right face yellow, the left purple. six arms, four legs, and two wings. holds a vajra and a skull bowl (kapāla). other hands hold severed heads. |
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Her complexion is dark blue, with three faces and six arms: the right face yellow, the left purple. Her three right hands hold a vajra, eight deities, and a human head; her three left hands hold a skull bowl, eight dragons, and a human head. The consort, representing liberation from the three realms, holds a celestial staff and a parietal bone in her left and right hands, embracing the male body. The Zhou Kingdom includes Indra and his wife, thirty great generals, and a group of evil spirits. |
Her complexion is dark blue, with three faces and six arms: the right face yellow, the left purple. Her three right hands hold a vajra, eight deities, and a human head; her three left hands hold a skull bowl, eight dragons, and a human head. The consort, representing liberation from the three realms, holds a celestial staff and a parietal bone in her left and right hands, embracing the male body. The Zhou Kingdom includes Indra and his wife, thirty great generals, and a group of evil spirits. |
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