Pañcika
deity Buddhist single tradition · 5
Pañcika is a commander-in-chief of Vaiśravaṇa's army. He is also the consort of Hārītī.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Popular in Gandhara in the latter part of the second century.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Kubera
- co occurs with
- Manibhadra, Pūrṇabhadra, Pārśvanātha Tirthankara, Pāyila, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, Ravana, Sarvanubhuti, Yaksha, Nalakuvara, Padmāvatī
- consort of
- Hārītī
- serves
- Vaiśravaṇa
- syncretized with
- Vaiśravaṇa
- manifested by
- Kubera
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“In Buddhism, he is known as Vaisravana, the patronymic used of the Hindu Kubera and is also equated with Pañcika, while in Jainism, he is known as Sarvanubhuti.”
#23187 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Pañcika”
#28820 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Pañcika – Commander-in-chief of Vaiśravaṇa's army and others. Consort of Hārītī ☸”
#36173 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Pañcika (Chinese: 般闍迦/散脂大將/音譯散脂迦/半支迦/般闍迦) is a yaksha and consort of Hārītī, with whom he is said to have fathered 500 children. According to the Mahavamsa, Pañcika was the commander-in-chief of the yakṣa army of Vaiśravaṇa”
#36343 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Yaksha Pañcika Kubera”
#36373 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001