Pantheon Deity Chinese Buddhism
Eight Protectors of the Zodiac
十二生肖守护神 zh 十二支の御守り本尊 ja
- Members 8 on record
- Tradition Chinese Buddhism
Everyone it counts
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MañjuśrīBodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism, who represents the transcendent wisdom of the Buddhas -
VairocanaCelestial Buddha embodying emptiness -
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SamantabhadraIn Buddhism, a bodhisattva associated with practice and meditation -
AcalaWrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism -
MahāsthāmaprāptaBodhisattva mahāsattva -
ĀkāśagarbhaBodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism -
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Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed AvalokiteśvaraManifestation of Avalokiteśvara which has a thousand arms -
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Amitābha BuddhaCelestial buddha of Mahayana Buddhism
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Tradition
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Connections
Affiliation 3
- is part of Chinese zodiac lunar calendar classification, assigning a symbolic animal and its reputed attributes to each traditional Chinese daily hour or Chinese lunar year for a repeating cycle of twelve forming the Earthly Branch
- belongs to Chinese Buddhism Buddhism with Chinese characteristics
- belongs to Shingon Buddhism school of Buddhism in Japan
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