Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Sign in to saveDhṛtarāṣṭra (Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र; Pali: Dhataraṭṭha) is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhism, the King of the Gandhabbas, known as the guardian of the eastern direction and a protector of the Dharma. He is also widely revered in East Asian Buddhist traditions.
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- Dhṛtarāṣṭra
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- 北京十方普觉寺 持国天.JPG
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- Statue of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Renge-in Tanjō-ji, Tamana, Japan.
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- धृतराष्ट्र Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- Buddha.pali_name
- धतरट्ठ Dhataraṭṭha
- Buddha.burmese_name
- ဓတရဋ္ဌနတ်မင်း (Romanization: "Datarattha Nat Min")
- Buddha.chinese_name
- 持國天王 (Pinyin: Chíguó Tiānwáng)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- 持国天 (romaji: Jikokuten)
- Buddha.korean_name
- 지국천 (RR: Jiguk cheon)
- Buddha.sinhala_name
- ධෘතරාෂ්ට්ර
- Buddha.tagalog_name
- Dhltalastla
- Buddha.thai_name
- ท้าวธตรฐ Thao Thatarot
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུངWylie: yul 'khor srungTHL: Yulkhor Sung
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Trì Quốc Thiên Vương
- Buddha.sinhalese_name
- දෘතරාෂ්ට
- Buddha.veneration
- Theravāda (Ātānātiya Sutta) (Mahāsamāya Sutta) Mahāyāna (Golden Light Sutra) (Lalitavistara Sūtra) (Lotus Sutra) (Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra) (Mahāmegha Sūtra)
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- Guardian of the East
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- Statue of Dhrtarastra (持國天王), in Wofo Temple in Beijing, China
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- Etymology and Names
- Role and iconography
- Veneration in East Asia
- China
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- Japan
- Legends and Literature
- Related Figures
- Dharma Instruments and Attributes
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र; Pali: Dhataraṭṭha) is one of the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhism, the King of the Gandhabbas, known as the guardian of the eastern direction and a protector of the Dharma. He is also widely revered in East Asian Buddhist traditions.
==Etymology and Names== The name Dhṛtarāṣṭra is a Sanskrit compound of the words dhṛta (possessing; bearing) and rāṣṭra (kingdom; territory). Other names include: Traditional Chinese: 持國天; Simplified Chinese: 持国天; pinyin: Chíguó Tiān; Japanese: Jikokuten; Korean: 지국천 Jiguk cheon; Vietnamese: Trì Quốc Thiên, a calque of Sanskrit Dhṛtarāṣṭra Traditional Chinese: 提頭頼吒; Simplified Chinese: 提头赖吒; pinyin: Títóulàizhā; Japanese: Daizurata; Korean: 제두뢰타; Tagalog: Dhltalastla; Vietnamese: Đề-đầu-lại-tra. This is a transliteration of the original Sanskrit name. Tibetan: ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང, Wylie: yul 'khor srung, THL Yulkhor Sung, "Defender of the Area" Thao Thatarot is an honorific plus the modern pronunciation of Pali Dhataraṭṭha.