Virūpākṣa

Virūpākṣa
Statue of Virūpākṣa. Jōruri-ji, Japan.
Sanskritविरूपाक्ष
Virūpākṣa
PāliVirūpakkha
Burmeseဝိရူပက္ခနတ်မင်း
(Romanization: "Wirupakkha Nat Min")
Chinese廣目天王
(Pinyin: Guǎngmù Tiānwáng)
Japanese広目天
(romaji: Kōmokuten)
Korean광목천왕
(RR: Gwangmok Cheonwang)
TagalogBilupaksa
Thaiท้าววิรูปักษ์
Thao Wirupak
Tibetan སྤྱན་མི་བཟང
Wylie: spyan mi bzang
THL: Chen Mi Zang
VietnameseQuảng Mục Thiên Vương
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Venerated byTheravāda

Mahāyāna

AttributesGuardian of the West
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Virūpākṣa (Sanskrit; Pali: Virūpakkha; traditional Chinese: 廣目天王; simplified Chinese: 广目天王; pinyin: Guǎngmù Tiānwáng; Japanese: 広目天 Kōmokuten) is a major deity in Buddhism. He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala.