Wrathful deities

' (Sanskrit; Pali: Vajirapāṇi,' 'holder of the thunderbolt', lit. meaning, "Vajra in [his] hand") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of Gautama Buddha and rose to symbolize the Buddha's power.

Mahākāla (, ) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.

' 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.

is a syncretic Japanese deity of fortune, luck and wealth. Daikokuten originated from Mahākāla, the Buddhist conflated with the native Shinto god Ōkuninushi. He is a patron of farmers, cooks and jobs related to money such as bankers.

type of Buddhist deity

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

enlightened beings in Mahayana 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.

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.

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Matarajin (摩多羅神) or Madarajin (摩怛哩神) is a Buddhist god chiefly venerated in the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. While originally regarded as a wrathful deity obstructing rebirth in the pure land, and thus a "god of obstacles", with time he also came to be seen as a protector of adherents of Tendai doctrine, capable of warding off demons, especially tengu, as well as epidemics. He also acquired other roles, including these of a protector of performing arts (for example noh and sarugaku) and of an astral god of destiny. He additionally came to be identified with a large number of other figur