ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང་། | Glossary of Terms

One of the Four Mahārājas, he is the guardian deity for the east and lord of the gandharvas. Also the name of the king of the geese that was a previous life of the Buddha as described in the Jātakas. In other sūtras, more commonly translated as yul ’khor srung.

One of the four great kings, the protectors of the world; guardian of the east.

In this sūtra, a wheel-turning king in the past whose thousand sons vow to become the buddhas of this fortunate eon; also in this sūtra, used once seemingly to refer to the blind king in the Mahābhārata epic. Finally, although not used in this sūtra, the name of one of the Four Great Kings, the one who presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas.

One of the Four Great Kings, he presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas.

One of the Four Great Kings, he presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas.

One of the Four Great Kings.

One of the Four Great Kings, he is the guardian deity for the east and lord of the gandharvas. See also Four Great Kings.

A nāga king.

One of the four mahārājas, he is the guardian deity for the east and traditionally lord of the gandharvas, though in this sūtra he appears to be king of the nāgas. There is a Dhṛtarāṣṭra in each four-continent world.

One of the four mahārājas, he is the guardian deity for the east and lord of the gandharvas.

One of the four great guardian kings, he presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas.

One of the four mahārājas, he is the guardian deity for the east and traditionally lord of the gandharvas, though in this sūtra he appears to be king of the nāgas. It is also the name of a goose king that was one of the Buddha’s previous lives, and in that instance it is translated into Tibetan as ngang skya.

One of the Four Great Kings.

One of the Four Great Kings, or guardians of the world, he presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas that live there.

One of the Four Great Kings (rgyal po chen po bzhi) ruling the four directions of the desire realm. Dhṛtarāṣṭra rules the eastern direction and the gandharvas (dri za) that reside there. In The Question of Mañjuśrī the image of him is the forty-ninth of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata.

One of the four great kings.

One of the Four Great Kings, the protector of the east.

One of the Four Great Kings, he presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas.

One among the Four Great Kings, guardian of the east.

One of the four great kings, protector of the cardinal direction to the east of Mount Meru.

“Protector of the Realm” (Tib.) or “Whose Realm is Stable,” (Skt.) guardian of the eastern direction. Also the name of a king in the Mahābhārata.

One of the Four Great Kings, he is the guardian of the eastern direction and the lord of gandharvas.

The king of the gandharvas (one of the four great kings of the directions).

One of the Four Mahārājas, he is the guardian deity for the east and lord of the gandharvas.

One of the “four great kings, guardians of the world,” he is held to dwell in the east, presiding over the gandharva spirits that live there.

One of the Four Great Kings, he rules over the gandharvas in the east.

One of the Four Great Kings, he presides over the eastern quarter and rules over the gandharvas.

One of the Four Great Kings, he presides over the east and rules over the gandharvas.

One of the four great kings who guard the cardinal directions.

One of the Four Great Kings.

One of the great kings of the four cardinal directions, Dhṛtarāṣṭra guards the eastern quarter of the heavens.