"Heavenly Dragon Babu" is a common "protector god" in Buddhist scriptures. The www.biquge.info heavens and the dragon god are the heads of the eight tribes, so they are called.

1. Every day, Sanskrit deva, also known as the Deva tribe, including the heavens of the Three Realms, the famous ones are the Great Brahma (originally the creator god of Brahmanism), and the Heavenly Emperor Shakti (also known as Indra).

2. Although it is translated as a dragon, it is not actually an ancient Chinese dragon, but a kind of snake god.

The word naga itself has the meaning of cobra, and its image is generally as a long, legless, hornless, highly venomous single-headed or multi-eyed snake god.

Due to the inconvenience of communication and translation errors in ancient times, the snake god Naga is often translated as dragon in Buddhist scriptures.

The Buddhist scriptures say that "the power of the dragon is incredible"

, and there are many dragon king protectors and stories.

For example, when Prince Shakya was born, the Nine Dragons spit water and gave him empowerment.

He is a meritorious man who protects the Dharma, and specializes in raising clouds and rainfall.

3. The other six tribes are: Yaksha: brave and strong, light and agile, such as the Vajra Yaksha who guards the mountain gate of the Buddhist temple, and the eight generals of the Yaksha under the command of the King of Bishaman.

Nakshatra is a transliteration of Sanskrit, and in ancient Indian mythology, Nakshatra was a demigod, and there are different theories about its origin.

According to the Vishnu Purana, the Yaksha and Rakshasa were born from the soles of the feet of the great Brahma at the same time, and the two sides were usually hostile to each other.

Unlike Rakshasas, Yakshasa is friendly to humans and is therefore known as the "Sincere One"

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The image is sometimes depicted as a beautiful and athletic youth, and sometimes as a dwarf with a droopy belly.

Rakshasa, the name of evil spirits.

It is also made as Rakshasa (Rakshasa is miswritten), Rakshasa, Rakshasa, and Aluoshasa.

It is translated as fearful, swift ghost, and protector.

The female is called the Rakshasa Woman, Luo Cha Private (Brahman?).

asi, also known as rakshasas).

It is a demon in Hindu mythology, first seen in the Rig Veda.

According to legend, it was originally the name of the indigenous people of India, and after the Aryans conquered India, it became synonymous with the wicked and evolved into the general name of the evil spirit.

The male Rakshasa has a black body, red hair, and green eyes, while the female Rakshasa is like a beautiful woman, full of charming power, and specializes in eating human flesh and blood.

Legend has it that in the island of Ranga (i.e., Ceylon), there is a Rakshasa woman's kingdom, which is recorded in the 49th volume of the Buddha's Collected Sutras, the 47th volume of the Arivastivada Vinaya, and the 7th volume of the Huilin Yinyi.

The Rakshasa also has supernatural powers, can fly in the air, or speed on the ground, and is a violent and terrible ghost.

In addition, the rakshasa is also the jailer of hell and is responsible for rebuking sinners.

It is also known as Apang, Apan Rakshasa , Afang and Bean.

There are many kinds of shapes, such as bull heads, or bull hooves, very strong, or deer heads, sheep heads, rabbit heads, etc.

However, in Buddhist texts, the rakshasa vows to protect the Dharma and the Dharma practitioners, and often becomes the patron saint of Buddhism, and often participates in puja ceremonies and follows the Buddha's joyful practice.

The above-mentioned types of rakshasas of evil spirits are also transformed into the guardian deities of Buddhism in the scriptures, called rakshasa heaven, which is one of the twelve heavens.

They were in the form of god-kings, dressed in armor, holding swords in their hands, and riding white lions.

It is also like the ten rakshasas, that is, the guardian gods mentioned in the Lotus Sutra Dharanipin.

4. Qianmin Po Qianminpo: It means "looking for incense"

, inhaling the aroma for food, subordinate to the Emperor of Heaven, can make fun in the air.

It is the god of incense or the god of music.

It is a symbol of joy and auspiciousness in Buddhism.

Most of them are described as young girls, with plump bodies, flying streamers, and floating in the air, extremely graceful.

Asura in Buddhism: Translated as "non-heaven"

, which means that Shura has the blessings of heaven and man, but has no virtue of heaven and man.

Big and aggressive.

It was originally an evil god in ancient Indian mythology.

He has the same seven emotions and six desires as a human, but he is not a human being.

According to Buddhist legend, the Asura and Shakti were rivals and were always at loggerheads with each other.

Because he is the supreme demon who is opposed to the gods, he was expelled from the heavenly realm and lived in the cave of Milu Mountain, where he fought against the gods many times, but he was at a disadvantage.

2. Unjustified, according to the scriptures, the asura woman is very beautiful and dignified, but the asura man is extremely ugly and does not have the slightest uprightness.

3. No alcohol, legend has it that in the past, Asura was very fond of drinking, but there was a time when he couldn't find wine and had no alcohol to drink, so he simply quit drinking, so it was said that there was no alcohol.

5. Garuda Garuda: The golden-winged bird god who lives in the trees of the four continents, spreads his wings for more than 3 million kilometers, and feeds on dragons.

In ancient Indian mythology, it was the mount of the great god Vishnu.

Garuda in the devouring of a large number of Naga dragon snake after the poisonous fire attack heart turned into a glass bead, if anyone gets it, really can have what you want, Garuda sometimes spit out flames from the mouth, so it is also known as Garuda Yan.

6, Kinara Kinara: The god of songs, subordinate to Emperor Shakti, resembles a human and has a head.

According to the Ramayana, the human body is the head of a horse, or the head of a horse, or the head of a horse, and it is also said to be the head of a human and the body of a bird.

7. Maharaja Maharaja: Mohu Luojia, translated as the big belly, the great wisdom, the great wisdom belly, the big python, the big python, the big python.

"Vima Sutra Slightly Sparse" Volume 2 Cloud: Mohu Luojia, this is the python god, Yiyun earth dragon, the god of the belly without feet, that is, the temple god of the world, and the wine and meat are all into the belly of the python.

Destroying evil deeds, hating more and giving less, craving wine and meat, abstaining from falling into ghosts and gods, and eating more insects into their bodies.

This is a python god with no feet and a belly.

In the new translation of the Huayan Sutra, Volume 1, "The World's Lord Miao Yan Pin", the names of the immeasurable kings of Maharaja such as good wisdom, pure and majestic sound, Shenghui solemn hair, wonderful eyes of the lord, such as the lamp for all to return, the brightest building, the teacher's face, the wonderful solemn sound, the solidity of Sumeru, and the lovely joy and light.

Also, "Hui Lin Yinyi" volume 11 clouds: "Moschel, (omitted) is a god of music and the like, or a non-human, or a cloud python god, whose form is human and snake head. ”

In addition, in the current Tibetan mandala of Esoteric Buddhism, there are three Mahuragas in the north.

One in the center, with both hands bent and arms, making a fist to relax the head and fingers to the chest, and sitting on the left knee; the one on the left, wearing a crown of snakes, sits to the right; One on the right, playing the flute in both hands, facing left.

8. Maharaja python god Maharaja python god, human body snake head, music god.

"Lu Zhi Elder Karma Sutra" says: "At that time, there are four people, eight dragons, four people, the king and the public, the five bodies throw themselves to the ground, and make a ceremony for the Buddha." ”

Almost every sutra has a similar scene.

Also written as "Celestial Dragon God King"

, "Eight Heavenly Dragons"

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For example, the Northern Wei Dynasty Li Daoyuan's "Water Jing Note: River Water One": "The king collects relics, uses gold as a bucket, and gets eight and four buckets, and the kings, dragons, and god kings each get a little." ”

Another example is Qing Gong Zizhen's "Jihai Miscellaneous Poems" No. 81: "Knowing the Dharma from afar, the Lingshan is there, and the eight heavenly dragons are my words." ”

(Li Mingquan) got on the plane to Jiangsu, Gongsun Guiyi fastened his seat belt and closed his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly a very beautiful female voice said: "This gentleman, can you give me a look." ”

Gongsun Guiyi opened his eyes and saw that they were four women in their 20s who were as beautiful as fairies.

Gongsun Guiyi moved his body and saw them sitting next to him and in front and back, and a beautiful woman led by him took the initiative to greet Gongsun Guiyi and thanked him: "This gentleman, thank you, I don't know what you call it?" ”

Gongsun Guiyi replied lightly: "You're welcome, I'll call Gongsun Guiyi, just call me Gongsun." ”

The beautiful woman at the head introduced: "Mr. Gongsun, hello! My name is Xiu Tianxiang, they are my sisters Jia Xuelan, Luo Mingyue, and Long Bing'er, we are all from Luoyang, Henan Province, and we are all from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province to visit relatives. I didn't expect to meet someone as interesting as you on board. ”