Vajrayakṣa
deity intermediate East Asian Buddhism single tradition · 4
Vajrayakṣa is one of the Five Wisdom Kings in East Asian Buddhism. These five are often seen as emanations of the Buddhas.
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Relationships
- co occurs with
- Āṭavaka, Aparajita, Mahachakra, Padanaksipa, Mahāmāyūrī, Kundalini, Kangiten, Ucchuṣma, Kuṇḍali, Rāgarāja, Hayagriva, Ratnasambhava
- sibling of
- Acala, Yamantaka, Trailokyavijaya, Kuṇḍali
- aspect of
- Vidyārāja, Amoghasiddhi, Godai Myōō
- manifests as
- Amoghasiddhi
- manifested by
- Vidyārāja
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“In East Asian Buddhism, The Five Wisdom Kings are often seen as emanations of the Buddhas. These five are: Vajrayakṣa”
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“Yamantaka Vajrayakṣa”
#36036 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vajrayakṣa Vidya-Raja (金剛夜叉明王 or 金剛夜叉明王 in Chinese) is one of the Five Wisdom Kings. He is a manifestation of Amoghasiddhi.”
#36135 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Vajrayakṣa (Chinese: 金剛夜叉明王; pinyin: Jīngāng Yèchā Míngwáng; Japanese pronunciation: Kongōyasha Myōō) - Manifestation of Amoghasiddhi, associated with the north in the Shingon school”
#36217 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001