Kurikara
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Kurikara (Sanskrit: Kulikāla-rāja or Kṛkāla-rāja) is a dragon (nāga) king. In some cases, Fudō is seen holding the "Kurikara sword" (倶利伽羅剣, Kurikara-ken), a sword with the dragon (nāga) king Kurikara coiled around it.
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“In other texts, they are also described as manifestations of Avalokiteśvara (Kannon) and Vajrapāṇi or as transformations of the dragon Kurikara, who is himself sometimes seen as one of Acala's various incarnations.”
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