Trailokyavijaya

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 and is counted among the Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō), where he presides over the eastern direction as an incarnation of Akshobhya Buddha.

== Names and origins == The Sanskrit name Trailokyavijaya literally means “Conqueror of the Three Worlds,” signifying the “victor over Śiva, the ruler of the threefold world.” In Chinese, he is known as Xiangsanshi Mingwang. In Japanese he is known as Gōzanze Myōō (降三世明王), also called Gōzanze Yaksha Myōō or Shōzanze Myōō. Some esoteric texts refer to him as Sonba Myōō (孫婆明王), and in later Tantric Buddhism he is identified with Śumbharāja, linking him to the Asura brothers Śumbha (IAST: Śumbha) and Niśumbha (IAST: Niśumbha) of ancient Hindu mythology. With the rise of Esoteric Buddhism (Mikkyō), the figure of Trailokyavijaya was incorporated as a Buddhist protector.