crowns (makuṭa). In China, Vajrapāni, known as the "vajra-holding god" (執金剛神 Zhíjīngāng shén), is widely venerated in his dual manifestation as the "vajra...

are seen as manifestations of Vajrapāni (Traditional Chinese: 執金剛神; simplified Chinese: 执金刚神; pinyin: Zhíjīngāng shén; Japanese: Shūkongōshin; Korean: Jip...

Kaidandō)] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 April 2012. 塑造執金剛神立像（法華堂安置） [Standing clay statue of Shukongōshin (enshrined at the Hokkedō)]...

"Narayana" (Buddha's warrior attendant) or "Yaksha Deity" (夜叉神) or "Zhi Jin Gang" (执金刚; 執金剛) in Chinese. The Vajra originally refers to the short metal...

Kaidan HallKaidan Hall (戒壇堂, kaidan-dō), Tōdai-ji, Nara, Nara Shukongōshin (塑造執金剛神立像, sozō shukongōshin ryūzō) Mentioned in the Nihon Ryōiki as the statue which...

warrior attendant. They may also be known as the "Yakasha Deity" (夜叉神) or "Zhijingang" (執金剛). Vajra originally refers to the short metal weapon of the King...

摩訶迦羅　梵語也。唐云大黒天神也。有大神力，壽無量千歳，八臂身青黒雲色，二手懷中横把一三戟叉，右第二手捉一青羖羊，左第二手捉一餓鬼頭髻，右第三手把劔， 左第三手執朅吒𠕀迦（梵語也。是一髑髏幢也。）後二手各於肩上共張一白象皮如披勢，以毒虵貫穿髑髏以爲瓔珞，虎牙上出作大忿怒形，雷電煙火以爲威光身形極大，足下有一地神女天，以兩手承足者也。...

其像三面。當前正面作慈悲凞怡貌。右邊作師子面。左邊作猪面。 首戴寶冠。冠中有化無量壽佛。 又有四臂。右第一臂執杖。第二臂執把蓮花。左第一執輪。左第二執螺。 以虎皮為裙。以黑鹿皮於左膊角絡。被黑蛇以為神線。 於八葉蓮花上立。瓔珞臂釧鐶珮光焰莊嚴其身。其神線從左膊角絡下。 "Next, I shall explain here the...

"Knife Wielding Demon" (操刀鬼) Song Wan (宋萬), nicknamed "Giant in the Clouds" (雲裡金剛) Du Qian (杜遷), nicknamed "Touching the Sky" (摸著天) Xue Yong (薛永), nicknamed...