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    Lokapāla (Sanskrit: लोकपाल, Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན་སྐྱོང་བ, Wylie: 'jig rten skyong ba), Sanskrit, Pāli, and Tibetan for "guardian of the world", has different...
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    Śrī Mahārāja Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapāla Śrī Sajjanotsavatuṅga was the seventh monarch of the Mataram Kingdom of Central Java period (commonly referred...
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    Kubera (category Lokapala)
    regarded as the regent of the north (Dikpala), and a protector of the world (Lokapala). His many epithets extol him as the overlord of numerous semi-divine species...
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    In Hinduism, the guardians of the cardinal directions are called the Lokapālas (लोकपाल), or Dikpalaka. Three main distinctions of Dikpalaka are recognized...
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    spirits" and lokapala did not. Tang dynasty tomb figures of Liu Tingxun: Two earth spirits in front, two lokapala behind Pair of unglazed lokapala Pair of...
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    likely started by Rakai Pikatan and inaugurated by his successor King Lokapala. Some historians that adhere to dual dynasty theory suggest that the construction...
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    as guardians at the entrance gate. In Tibet, Vaiśravaṇa is considered a lokapāla or dharmapāla in the retinue of Ratnasambhava. He is also known as the...
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    positions. In the 9th-century Prambanan temple, Central Java, high reliefs of Lokapala devatas, the guardians of deities of the directions, are found. The largest...
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  • conflict. Obeying his father, Kubera retired to Kailasha, and became a lokapala. www.wisdomlib.org (28 January 2019). "Story of Viśravas". www.wisdomlib...
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    prosperity, is considered the king of the yakshas and protector of the world (Lokapāla). His many epithets extol him as the overlord of numerous semi-divine species...
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