Mahakala statue, holding a flaying knife (kartika) and skullcup (kapala)
In Buddhism, wrathful deities or fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful (Tibetan: trowo, Sanskrit: krodha) forms (or "aspects", "manifestations") of enlightened Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Devas (divine beings); normally the same figure has other, peaceful, aspects as well. Because of their power to destroy the obstacles to enlightenment, they are also termed krodha-vighnantaka, "Wrathful onlookers on destroying obstacles".[1] Wrathful deities are a notable feature of the iconography of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, especially in Tibetan art. These types of deities first appeared in India during the late 6th century, with its main source being the Yaksha imagery, and became a central feature of Indian Tantric Buddhism by the late 10th or early 11th century.[2][1]
In Buddhism, wrathfuldeities or fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful (Tibetan: trowo, Sanskrit: krodha) forms (or "aspects", "manifestations")...
Shingon school. There are various types of apotropaic deities whose main role is as guardian deities, protectors or general removers of evil. Some of these...
name for the deity of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Heruka (Sanskrit; Tibetan: Wylie: khrag 'thung) is the name of a category of wrathfuldeities, enlightened...
is a wrathfuldeity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. Originally a minor deity described...
are typically wrathfuldeities, depicted with terrifying iconography in the Mahayana and tantric traditions of Buddhism. The wrathfulness is intended to...
compassion. Vajrakilaya is one of the eight deities of Kagyé. [citation needed] Vajrakilaya is a wrathful form of the Buddha Vajrasattva. His distinctive...
meditation practices and forceful rituals centered on the Buddhist wrathfuldeity Vajrabhairava (“indestructible terrifier”), and his frightful divine...
100 peaceful (zhi) and wrathful (khro) tantric deities and associated teachings and tantric practices which focus on those deities which represent the purified...
shortest possible time; libation to gods and deities to win their favor.[citation needed] Hindu deities that may be depicted with the kapala include Durga...
Commentary on Karma Lingpa's Zhi-Khro: teachings on the peaceful and wrathfuldeities. Padma Gochen Ling. Source: [2] Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback...
महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism. In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a Dharmapāla ("Protector of the Dharma") and a wrathful manifestation...
Kongtrül in his commentary on the Hevajra Tantra, the ornaments of wrathfuldeities and witches made of human bones (Skt: aṣṭhimudrā; Wylie: rus pa'i rgyan...
of Japan. In homes, the two deities were enshrined in the kitchen or oven, while merchants worshiped them as patron deities of commercial success. Farmers...
alcohol, consort practices, and charnel ground practices which evoke wrathfuldeities. Ryujun Tajima divides the tantras into those which were "a development...
Divine Mother and the god Shiva; while in Buddhism, it is worn by wrathfuldeities of Tibetan Buddhism. The mundamala is often found in the iconography...
Shinigami Yakusanoikazuchi: thunder deities born from Izanami's body Zhong Kui Zuijin Family tree of Japanese deities Glossary of Shinto List of legendary...
others Krodh, wrath or rage in Sikhism Wrathfuldeities, in Buddhism, enlightened beings who take on wrathful forms in order to lead sentient beings to...
Chinese: 明王; pinyin: Míngwáng; Japanese pronunciation: Myōō) is a type of wrathfuldeity in East Asian Buddhism. Whereas the Sanskrit name is translated literally...
introduction of Buddhism, traditional Mongolian beliefs have held that wrathfuldeities inhabit many of Mongolia's sacred mountains. Ochirvaani is particularly...
Twenty-Four Protective Deities (Chinese: 二十四諸天; pinyin: Èrshísì Zhūtiān), a common ser ot Chinese Buddhist protector deities (dharmapalas). Chinese Buddhist...
Dorje: "The iconography and symbolism of the hundred peaceful and wrathfuldeities presented in the Guhyagarbha Tantra subsequently gave rise to a whole...
An important element of Tantric practice are tantric deities and their mandalas. These deities come in peaceful (shiwa) and fierce (trowo) forms. Tantric...
Guardian Deities of Tibet Delhi: Winsome Books. (Third Reprint 2003) ISBN 81-88043-04-4 Linrothe, Rob (1999) Ruthless Compassion: WrathfulDeities in Early...
makes use of the visualization of Buddhist deities (including Buddhas, bodhisattvas, dakinis, and fierce deities) and the use of mantras. Most of these practices...
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