Āṭavaka

Āṭavaka
Āṭavaka
Sanskrit	आटवक; Āṭavaka
Pāli	आळवक ; Āḷavaka
Burmese	အာဠဝကဘီလူး
Chinese	大元帥明王; (Pinyin: Dàyuánshuài Míngwáng); 無比力夜叉; (Pinyin: Wúbǐlì Yèchā); 阿吒嚩迦; (Pinyin: Āzhàpójiā); 曠野鬼神大將; (Pinyin: Kuàngyě Guǐshén Dàjiāng)
Japanese	大元帥明王; (romaji: Daigensui Myōō); 無比力夜叉; (romaji: Muhiriki Yasha); 阿吒嚩迦; (romaji: Atabaka); 曠野鬼神大将; (romaji: Kōya Kishin Taishō)
Korean	대원수명왕; (RR: Daewonsu Myeongwang)
Thai	อาฬวกยักษ์ ; Alawaka Yak
Tibetan	'Brog gnas
Vietnamese	Đại Nguyên Soái Minh Vương; A Tra Bà Câu
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Venerated by	Theravāda; (Ātānātiya Sutta); (Āḷavaka Sutta) (SN 10.12, SN 1.10); Mahāyāna; (Golden Light Sutra) (金光明最勝王經); (Buddhadhyāna Samādhisāgara Sūtra) (觀佛三昧海經 T0643); (Mahāmāyūrividyārājñī Sūtra)) (孔雀王呪經 T0988); (Āṭavaka Dhāraṇī Sūtra) (阿吒婆拘鬼神大將上佛陀羅尼經 T1238), etc.; Other; (Great Tang Records on the Western Regions);
Attributes	Protection against enemies; Protection against calamities, etc.
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Āṭavaka (Sanskrit; Pali: Ālavaka) is a popular figure in Buddhism. He is a yakṣa and regarded as a Wisdom King in esoteric tradition.

Āṭavaka

Sanskrit	आटवक Āṭavaka
Pāli	आळवक Āḷavaka
Burmese	အာဠဝကဘီလူး
Chinese	大元帥明王 (Pinyin: Dàyuánshuài Míngwáng) 無比力夜叉 (Pinyin: Wúbǐlì Yèchā) 阿吒嚩迦 (Pinyin: Āzhàpójiā) 曠野鬼神大將 (Pinyin: Kuàngyě Guǐshén Dàjiāng)
Japanese	大元帥明王 (romaji: Daigensui Myōō) 無比力夜叉 (romaji: Muhiriki Yasha) 阿吒嚩迦 (romaji: Atabaka) 曠野鬼神大将 (romaji: Kōya Kishin Taishō)
Korean	대원수명왕 (RR: Daewonsu Myeongwang)
Thai	อาฬวกยักษ์ Alawaka Yak
Tibetan	'Brog gnas
Vietnamese	Đại Nguyên Soái Minh Vương A Tra Bà Câu
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Venerated by	Theravāda (Ātānātiya Sutta) (Āḷavaka Sutta) (SN 10.12, SN 1.10) Mahāyāna (Golden Light Sutra) (金光明最勝王經) (Buddhadhyāna Samādhisāgara Sūtra) (觀佛三昧海經 T0643) (Mahāmāyūrividyārājñī Sūtra)) (孔雀王呪經 T0988) (Āṭavaka Dhāraṇī Sūtra) (阿吒婆拘鬼神大將上佛陀羅尼經 T1238), etc. Other (Great Tang Records on the Western Regions)
Attributes	Protection against enemies Protection against calamities, etc.
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