Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
	Statue of Dhrtarastra (持國天王), in Wofo Temple in Beijing, China
Sanskrit	धृतराष्ट्र ; Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Pāli	धतरट्ठ ; Dhataraṭṭha
Burmese	ဓတရဋ္ဌနတ်မင်း ; (Romanization: "Datarattha Nat Min")
Chinese	持國天王 ; (Pinyin: Chíguó Tiānwáng)
Japanese	持国天 ; (romaji: Jikokuten)
Korean	지국천 ; (RR: Jiguk cheon)
Sinhala	ධෘතරාෂ්ට්‍ර
Tagalog	Dhltalastla
Thai	ท้าวธตรฐ ; Thao Thatarot
Tibetan	ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང; Wylie: yul 'khor srung; THL: Yulkhor Sung
Vietnamese	Trì Quốc 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 East
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Sanskrit; Pali: Dhataraṭṭha) is a major deity in Buddhism and one of the Four Heavenly Kings. His name means "Upholder of the Nation."

Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Statue of Dhrtarastra (持國天王), in Wofo Temple in Beijing, China
Sanskrit	धृतराष्ट्र Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Pāli	धतरट्ठ Dhataraṭṭha
Burmese	ဓတရဋ္ဌနတ်မင်း (Romanization: "Datarattha Nat Min")
Chinese	持國天王 (Pinyin: Chíguó Tiānwáng)
Japanese	持国天 (romaji: Jikokuten)
Korean	지국천 (RR: Jiguk cheon)
Sinhala	ධෘතරාෂ්ට්‍ර
Tagalog	Dhltalastla
Thai	ท้าวธตรฐ Thao Thatarot
Tibetan	ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང Wylie: yul 'khor srung THL: Yulkhor Sung
Vietnamese	Trì Quốc 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 East
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