Lokastotrapūjā-nātha
Lokastotrapūjā-nātha is one of the Eight Great Herukas, specifically the deity of ‘Mundane or Worldly Praises’, better known in the Tibetan tradition as Destroyer of Haughty Ones. This wrathful deity is depicted dark blue in colour, with a fierce expression, adorned with bone ornaments, and surrounded by flames of pristine awareness. He embodies the dynamic, protective energy of the awakened Earth and is invoked to pacify the disturbances of the subterranean and earthly spirits.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2012
Relationships
- manifests as
- Kṣitigarbha
- co occurs with
- Maitreya, Vajrapāṇi, Samantabhadra, Ākāśagarbha, Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambin, Śākyamuni Buddha, Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara
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Source passages
“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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