Rāgarāja
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Seated Aizen Myo'o (Ragaraja), Kamakura period, 13th century, Tokyo National Museum, Japan. Important Cultural Property | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 愛染明王 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 爱染明王 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | འདོད་པའི་རྒྱལ་པོ། | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Ái Nhiễm Minh Vương | ||||||||||
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| Hangul | 애염명왕 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 愛染明王 | ||||||||||
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| Kanji | 愛染明王 | ||||||||||
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| Sanskrit | Rāgarāja | ||||||||||
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.