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Dhṛtarāṣṭra
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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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.

Key facts

Buddha.name
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Buddha.image
北京十方普觉寺 持国天.JPG
Buddha.image caption
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)
Buddha.attributes
Guardian of the East
Buddha.caption
Statue of Dhrtarastra (持國天王), in Wofo Temple in Beijing, China

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Etymology and Names
  • Role and iconography
  • Veneration in East Asia
  • China
  • Vietnam
  • Japan
  • Legends and Literature
  • Related Figures
  • Dharma Instruments and Attributes
  • References
  • External links

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.

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