Wisdom Kings

' or Achala (, "The Immovable", ), also known as (, "Immovable Lord") or ' (, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.

thumb|Yamantaka is the "destroyer of death" deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, above riding a water buffalo.|320x320pxYamāntaka or Vajrabhairava is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. Sometimes he is conceptualized as "conqueror of the lord of death". Of the several deities in the Buddhist pantheon named Yamāntaka, the most well known belongs to the Anuttarayoga class of tantra of deities popular within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

type of Buddhist deity

Rāgarāja () is a deity venerated in the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. He is especially revered in Chinese Esoteric Buddhism in Chinese communities as well as Shingon and Tendai in Japan.

Mahamayuri ( ("great peacock"), Kǒngquè Míngwáng, , , Gongjak Myeongwang), or Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī is a bodhisattva and female Wisdom King in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. In the latter tradition, Mahamayuri is a popular practice in both the Chinese and Japanese forms of Vajrayana. She is also the name of one of the five protective goddesses in Buddhism.

Kundali (Sanskrit: ; IAST: ) or Amritakundalin (, ), also known in Chinese as Juntuli Mingwang () and in Japanese as Gundari Myōō (), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) in East Asian Esoteric Buddhism.

a Wisdom King of Vajrayana Buddhism, often considered a form of Avalokiteśvara

thumb|260px|Trailokyavijaya tramples on Maheśvara and his consort as the great victor thumb|Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Shuilu ritual painting of Trailokyavijaya (Xiangsanshi Mingwang), one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, at Baoning Temple in [[Shanxi, China]] thumb|Sculpture of Trailokavijaya from Bodh Gaya, [[Bihar dated to the 8th to 12th century CE. ]]Trailokyavijaya (, Japanese: Gōzanze Myōō; Korean: Hangsamse Myeongwang; Sanskrit: त्रैलोक्यविजय) is a Buddhist wrathful deity and one of the Wisdom Kings (Myōō). He is regarded as a fierce manifestation of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi

thumb|Hōzan-ji Ucchuṣma (; Rōmaji: ) is a Vidyārāja in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.

thumb|Vajrayakṣa Vidya-Raja thumb|Vajrayakṣa Vidya-Raja

thumb|260px|Vajrakilaya (dark blue) with consort Diptachakra (light blue). Two demons lie crushed under his feet thumb|Painting on the wall of Gaden Tharpa Choorling Gompha, Monastery at Kalimpong, West Bengal, India In Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrakilaya (, also ; or Vajrakumara (; ) is a wrathful heruka yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas. His practice is known for being the most powerful for removing obstacles and destroying the forces hostile to compassion. Vajrakilaya is one of the eight deities of Kagyé.