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Deity Twelve Devas
Śakra
शक्र sa བརྒྱ་བྱིན། (ནང་བསྟན།) bo 帝釋天 zh
Deva and heavenly king in Buddhism; lord of the heavenly realm Trāyastriṃśa; regarded as king of the gods and wielder of the thunderbolt
- Also called Sakka
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deva and heavenly king in Buddhism; lord of the heavenly realm Trāyastriṃśa; regarded as king of the gods and wielder of the thunderboltWikidata record description. Read Śakra (Buddhism) in the Wikipedia reader.
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