Vaiśravaṇa
Sign in to save' (Sanskrit: वैश्रवण) or ' (Pali; , , ) is one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and is considered an important figure in Buddhism. He is the god of warfare and usually portrayed as a warrior-king. Vaiśravana is based on Kubera, the Hindu deity of wealth.
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- Vaiśravaṇa
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- Hermitage Museum XX-2385 Golden Vaishravana.jpg
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- वैश्रवण Vaiśravaṇa
- Buddha.pali_name
- वेस्सवण Vessavaṇa
- Buddha.burmese_name
- ကုဝေရ နတ်မင်း (Romanization: "Kuwera Nat Mang:"), ဝေဿဝဏ် နတ်မင်း
- Buddha.chinese_name
- 多聞天 (Pinyin: Duōwén Tiānwáng)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- 毘沙門天 (romaji: Bishamonten)
- Buddha.korean_name
- 다문천 (RR: Damuncheon)
- Buddha.mongolian_name
- Баян Намсрай
- Buddha.sinhala_name
- වෙසමුණි
- Buddha.thai_name
- ท้าวเวสวัณ Thao Wetsuwan
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུངWylie: rnam thos srasTHL: Namthöse
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Tỳ Sa Môn Thiên
- Buddha.veneration
- Theravāda (Ātānātiya Sutta) (Mahāsamāya Sutta)
- Buddha.attributes
- Guardian of the North
- Buddha.caption
- "Golden Vaiśravaṇa", uncovered at Khara-Khoto, former city of the Tangut Empire; 13th century.
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- In Tibet
- Thailand
- In popular culture
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- References
''' (Sanskrit: वैश्रवण) or (Pali; , , ) is one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and is considered an important figure in Buddhism. He is the god of warfare and usually portrayed as a warrior-king. Vaiśravana is based on Kubera, the Hindu deity of wealth.
==Names== The name is a derivative (used, e.g., for patronymics) of the Sanskrit proper name from the root "hear distinctly", (passive) "become famous". The name is derived from the Sanskrit ' which means "son of Vishrava", a usual epithet of the Hindu god Kubera. is also known as Kubera and Jambhala in Sanskrit and Kuvera in Pāli.