Painting of Mahāmāyūrī, pigment on silk. Japan, Heian Period, 12th century CE
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
孔雀明王
Simplified Chinese
孔雀明王
Literal meaning
Peacock Wisdom Queen
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Kǒngquè Míngwáng
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese
Khổng Tước Minh Vương
Korean name
Hangul
공작명왕
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization
Gongjak Myeongwang
Japanese name
Kanji
孔雀明王
Transcriptions
Romanization
Kujaku Myōō
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit
Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī
Mahamayuri (Sanskrit: महामायूरीMahāmāyūrī ("great peacock"), Chinese: 孔雀明王Kǒngquè Míngwáng, Vietnamese: Khổng Tước Minh Vương, Japanese: 孔雀明王, romanized: Kujaku Myōō, Korean: 공작명왕Gongjak Myeongwang), or Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī is a bodhisattva and female Wisdom King in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. In the latter tradition, Mahamayuri is a popular practice in both the Chinese and Japanese forms of Vajrayana. She is also the name of one of the five protective goddesses in Buddhism.[1][2][3]
In Chinese Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism, it is believed that the Great Peacock King is an incarnation of either Vairocana Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha. Its main merits include the elimination of poison and disease, the protection of the country, the dispelling of disasters, and the ability to pray for both rain and cessation of rain.[4]
^John C. Huntington; Dina Bangdel (2003). The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. Serindia Publications. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-1-932476-01-9.
^Roshen Dalal (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-14-341517-6.
^Miranda Eberle Shaw (2006). Buddhist Goddesses of India. Princeton University Press. pp. 233, 339–341, 465 note 77. ISBN 0-691-12758-1.
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[V. S. Agravala, " Geographical Contents of Mahamayuri JUPHS, Vol. XV, Pt. ii, 1942, p. 28] "The Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Sutra 佛母大孔雀明王經". 10 June 2012. Retrieved...
mantras, such as the Śūraṅgama Mantra and the Mahamayuri-vidyarajñi-dharani contained in the Mahamayuri Vidyarajñi Sutra, which are popular in Chan Buddhism...
the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī from the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra, the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Dhāraṇī, the Heart Sutra and various forms of Buddha remembrance...
Myōō or 大元明王, Daigen Myōō) - A yaksha attendant of the deva Vaishravana. Mahāmāyūrī (孔雀明王; Ch. Kǒngquè Míngwáng; Jp. Kujaku Myōō) - A Wisdom Queen (vidyārājñī);...
the name of Five hundred Rishis (Paccekabuddhas). The Buddhist text, Mahamayuri Tantra, written during 1–3rd centuries CE, mentions Rishis throughout...
due to aposematism, this idea appears to have merit. The Buddhist deity Mahamayuri is depicted seated on a peacock. Peacocks are seen supporting the throne...
Nezha comes from Nalakuvara, depicted as a heroic yaksha general in the Mahamayuri. The link to Nalakuvara is established through variants in his Chinese...
mentioned in several Buddhist texts such as the Bhūridatta Jātaka, the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra and the Mahāmegha Sūtra. Apalāla (Pali, Sanskrit) is...
as Jiang Ziya, Tony Leung Ka-fai as King Zhou of Shang, Louis Koo as Mahamayuri, Huang Xiaoming as Erlang Shen, Angelababy as the mermaid, Fan Bingbing...
venerated as dharmapālas. In addition, Wisdom Kings such as Acala, Ucchusma, Mahamayuri, and Hayagriva are venerated as dharmapālas as well. In Japanese Shingon...
mentions that the distance to Palmyra is 300 dhanusha or yojana. The Mahamayuri Tantra dated to between the 1-3rd century mentions several popular Yaksha...
(面燃大士). This trope is commonly employed among the Wisdom Kings, among whom Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī stands out with a feminine title and benevolent expression...
Maitreya, Tara, Avalokitesvara (Vajradhamma), Manjusri, Bhrkuti, and Mahamayuri, carved in the Pala dynasty style found in eastern regions of India. Some...
In Hinduism, Tara Devi is one of the ten Mahavidyas. The Buddhist text Mahamayuri Tantra, written during the 1–3rd centuries CE, mentions various deities...
Master Puti (菩提祖師), might be based on Subhuti Ananda (阿難) Mahākāśyapa (伽葉) Mahamayuri (孔雀明王) Ratnadhvaja (寶幢光王佛), might be based on Amitābha Zen Master Wuchao...
the peacock spirit Kong Xuan as a mount, and later transformed him into Mahamayuri. He also once subdued Ma Yuan, who had eaten human's hearts, brought back...
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