Amitabha
deity sky Chinese Buddhism single tradition · 4
Amitabha is a Buddhist deity who, in Chinese Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism, manifests as the wrathful emanation Yamāntaka.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- Attested period
- 960 – 2020
Relationships
- manifests as
- Yamantaka
- co occurs with
- Bhaiṣajyaguru, Sakyamuni, Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava, Ākāśadhātvīśvarī, Locanā, Māmakī, Kurukullā, Nageshvara Raja, Vajradhara, Mahavairocana, Nagarjuna, Paṇḍāravāsinī, Shancai, Hayagriva Guanyin, Mǎ Wáng 馬王, Lokeśvararāja, Sahrasasbhuja Avalokiteśvara, Yama, Bhairavas, Kalantaka, Manjushri, Maitreya, Taras, Vairocana, Vajrayogini, Nairatmya, Padmasambhava, Samantabhadra, Guanyin, Weituo, Guan Yu, longnü, Śiva, Vishnu
- consort of
- Paṇḍāravāsinī
- allied with
- Avalokiteshvara, Vajrapāṇi, Mahāsthāmaprāpta
Mentioned by
- Yama
- Bhairavas
- Kalantaka
- Manjushri
- Maitreya
- Taras
- Vairocana
- Vajrayogini
- Nairatmya
- Padmasambhava
- Samantabhadra
- Guanyin
- Weituo
- Guan Yu
- longnü
- Śiva
and 3 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“In Chinese Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism, Yamāntaka is the wrathful emanation of Amitabha.”
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