Rāgarāja

Rāgarāja
Seated Aizen Myo'o (Ragaraja), Kamakura period, 13th century, Tokyo National Museum, Japan. Important Cultural Property
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese愛染明王
Simplified Chinese爱染明王
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀirǎn Míngwáng
Wade–GilesAi4-jan3 Ming2-wang2
IPA[âɪɻàn mǐŋwǎŋ]
Tibetan name
Tibetanའདོད་པའི་རྒྱལ་པོ།
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetÁi Nhiễm Minh Vương
Korean name
Hangul애염명왕
Hanja愛染明王
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationAeyeom Myeongwang
Japanese name
Kanji愛染明王
Transcriptions
RomanizationAizen Myō'ō
Sanskrit name
SanskritRāgarāja

Rāgarāja (Sanskrit: रागराज) is a deity venerated in the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. He is especially revered in Chinese Esoteric Buddhism in Chinese communities as well as Shingon and Tendai in Japan.