Virūḍhaka (Heavenly King)

Virūḍhaka
Virūḍhaka
Sanskrit	विरूढक ; Virūḍhaka
Pāli	विरूळ्हक ; Virūḷhaka
Burmese	ဝိရဠက
Chinese	增長天王 ; (Pinyin: Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng)
Japanese	増長天 ; (romaji: Zōjōten or Zōchōten)
Korean	증장천왕 ; (RR: Jeungjang Cheonwang)
Tagalog	Birudhaka
Thai	ท้าววิรุฬหก ; Thao Virunhok
Tibetan	འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ; Wylie: 'phags skyes po; THL: Pak Kyepo
Vietnamese	Tăng Trưởng Thiên Vương
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Venerated by	Theravāda; (Ātānātiya Sutta); (Mahāsamāya Sutta); Mahāyāna; (Golden Light Sutra); (Lalitavistara Sūtra); (Lotus Sutra); (Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra);
Attributes	Guardian of the South
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Virūḍhaka is a major deity in Buddhism. He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala.

Virūḍhaka
Sanskrit	विरूढक Virūḍhaka
Pāli	विरूळ्हक Virūḷhaka
Burmese	ဝိရဠက
Chinese	增長天王 (Pinyin: Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng)
Japanese	増長天 (romaji: Zōjōten or Zōchōten)
Korean	증장천왕 (RR: Jeungjang Cheonwang)
Tagalog	Birudhaka
Thai	ท้าววิรุฬหก Thao Virunhok
Tibetan	འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ Wylie: 'phags skyes po THL: Pak Kyepo
Vietnamese	Tăng Trưởng Thiên Vương
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Venerated by	Theravāda (Ātānātiya Sutta) (Mahāsamāya Sutta) Mahāyāna (Golden Light Sutra) (Lalitavistara Sūtra) (Lotus Sutra) (Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra)
Attributes	Guardian of the South
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