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Directory 152 of 4,089 deities
Deities — Buddhist traditions
The deities filed under Buddhist traditions.
Deities in Buddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
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South Asian traditions Ganesha God of good luck, prosperity and well being in Hinduism; First worshipped God; Son of Shiva and Parvati -
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South Asian traditions Indra Vedic god of rain, weather, storms, and thunder in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Eastern religions -
South Asian traditions Lakshmi Hindu goddess of wealth, love, prosperity -
South Asian traditions Saraswati Principal Hindu goddess, goddess of knowledge, music and speech -
South Asian traditions Garuda Eagle-like divine bird in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism -
Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva embodying compassion -
Maitreya Future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology -
South Asian traditions Varuna Deity associated with waters in Hinduism, Buddhism -
South Asian traditions Yama God of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, and various Indo-European mythologies -
Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism, who represents the transcendent wisdom of the Buddhas -
Māra Pāpīyān God of death and sin. Ruler of the 6th heaven in the Kāmadhātu -
East Asian traditions Inari Japanese kami of foxes, of fertility, rice, tea and Sake, of agriculture and industry etc -
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Guan Yin Chinese name of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara -
South Asian traditions Tārā Female Bodhisattva -
Vairocana Celestial Buddha embodying emptiness -
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva -
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Samantabhadra In Buddhism, a bodhisattva associated with practice and meditation -
Vajrapani Mahayana bodhisattva -
Acala Wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism -
South Asian traditions Vaiśravaṇa Deity in Buddhism -
Trikaya Three Bodies concept in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism -
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South Asian traditions Brahmā Deva and heavenly king in Buddhism; lord of the heavenly realm Brahmaloka; not regarded as a creator deity (unlike the deity of the same name in Hinduism) -
Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva mahāsattva -
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South Asian traditions Śakra Deva and heavenly king in Buddhism; lord of the heavenly realm Trāyastriṃśa; regarded as king of the gods and wielder of the thunderbolt -
Vajrasattva Deity in Buddhism -
East Asian traditions Cai Shen Chinese god of prosperity -
Yamantaka "destroyer of death" deity in Buddhism -
Mārīcī Buddhist god -
Hariti Deity in Buddhist traditions -
Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism -
South Asian traditions Dhṛtarāṣṭra Figure in Buddhist mythology, and one of the Four Heavenly Kings - God in Buddhism Concept of god in Buddhism
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Hevajra Deity in Vajrayana Buddhism -
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Phra Mae Thorani Earth goddess of Buddhist mythology -
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Rāgarāja Deity venerated by the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions -
Vimalakirti Buddhist figure -
South Asian traditions Kisshōten Japanese female deity -
Legend of Jigong Chan Buddhist monk who lived in the Southern Song -
Skanda Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who protects the teachings of Buddhism -
Kurukullā Female deity in Tibetan Buddhism -
Suryaprabha Bodhisattva whose specialty is sunlight and good health -
Vajrayogini Tantric Buddhist female Buddha and ḍākiṇī -
Cakrasaṃvara Buddhist deity -
Candraprabha Bodhisattva or deva of the Lunar Palace -
Cundī Female bodhisattva and manifestation of Avalokiteśvara -
Eight Legions Group of Buddhist deities whose function is to protect the Dharma -
Hayagriva A Wisdom King of Vajrayana Buddhism, often considered a form of Avalokiteśvara -
South Asian traditions Kangiten Japanese Buddhist god -
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Kuṇḍali Buddhist wrathful deity -
Mahāmāyūrī Bodhisattva and Wisdom Queen -
South Asian traditions Parṇa-śāvari Deity -
Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa Living thing group -
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Sitātapatrā Protector against supernatural danger in Buddhism -
Vasudhārā Bodhisattva of prosperity -
South Asian traditions Virūḍhaka Major deity in Buddhism, one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala -
South Asian traditions Virūpākṣa One of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala -
Jambhala God of Wealth in Hinduism and Buddhism -
Jwala Ji Fire flame symbolism for Hindu Goddess -
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Longnü Acolyte of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in Chinese Buddhism, daughter of the Dragon King -
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Bhaiṣajyarāja In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva of healing mentioned in the Lotus Sutra and the Bhaiṣajyarāja-bhaiṣajyasamudgata-sūtra -
Gyalpo Pehar Guard deity of the teachings of the Buddha -
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South Asian traditions Maheśvara Figure in Buddhist Mythology -
Uṣṇīṣa-vijayā Buddha of longevity -
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East Asian traditions Atago Gongen A Japanese kami believed to be the local avatar (Gongen) of Buddhist bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha. The cult originated in Shugendō practices on Mount Atago in Kyoto -
Ekajati One of the three principal protectors of the Nyingma school of Buddhism -
Kannon Japanese name of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara -
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South Asian traditions Siam Devadhiraj Thai deity -
Āryāvalokiteśvara -
Mya Nan Nwe Burmese and Thai woman and goddess -
Qingshui Deified Chan Buddhist monk, tutelary god of people from Anxi, Fujian -
Samantabhadrī Goddess in the Buddhist tradition -
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Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara Manifestation of Avalokiteśvara which has a thousand arms -
Trailokyavijaya Buddhist king of knowledge - Vishnu in Buddhism A Buddhist deity
- Visistacaritra Bodhisattva in the Lotus Sutra
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Matarajin Japanese deity -
Prajñāpāramitā Devī Buddhist goddess that symbolizes and embodies Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of transcendent wisdom -
Sadāparibhūta Bodhisattva described in the Lotus Sutra -
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Sarvanivāraṇaviṣkambhin Bodhisattva -
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Ucchuṣma A Vidyārāja in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism -
Vajrayakṣa One of the Five Wisdom Kings -
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Amoghapāśa Form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara - Anantacaritra Bodhisattva mentioned in the Lotus Sutra
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Cintāmaṇicakra Bodhisattva and manifestation of Avalokiteśvara -
East Asian traditions Emperor Huaguang Chinese deity -
East Asian traditions Kompira Water deity -
Puti Shushen Goddess who guards the Bodai Tree in Chinese Buddhism -
East Asian traditions Sanbō Kōjin -
Simhamukha Lion-faced dakini - Supratisthitacaritra Bodhisattva mentioned in the Lotus Sutra
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Three Sages of the West -
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South Asian traditions Twenty-Four Protective Deities Group of deities in Chinese Buddhism - East Asian traditions Ulkāmukha Pretarāja Buddhist deity
- Visuddhacaritra One of four great bodhisattvas mentioned in the 15th chapter of the Lotus Sutra
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East Asian traditions Zaō Gongen Principal deity of Shugendō -
Akṣayamati Bodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism -
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Ekākṣaroṣṇīṣacakra -
Enma Buddhist deity -
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East Asian traditions Kumano Gongen Kami of the three main Kumano shrines -
Manojñaśuci Bodhisattva, as deification of Teresa Teng in Taiwanese folk beliefs -
Misshaku Kongō Buddhist deity -
Paranimmitavasavatti -
Prajvalosnisa -
Shakyamuni Triad -
Shōmen Kongō -
South Asian traditions Surya in Buddhism -
Three Sages of the East -
Vajradhara Buddhist deity -
White Tara Female Bodhisattva - Achi Chokyi Drolma Figure in Tibetan Buddhism
- East Asian traditions Akiha Gongen A Japanese kami believed to be the local avatar (Gongen) of Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. The cult originated in Shugendō practices on Mount Akiha in Shizuoka
- Āṭavaka Yaksha
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Bhaiṣajyasamudgata -
Buddhalocanī -
Buddhas of the Three Eons -
Ceṭaka -
Pantheon Eight Protectors of the Zodiac -
Green Tara Female Bodhisattva -
East Asian traditions Izuna Gongen -
Jāṅgulī
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