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Trailokyavijaya (Chinese: 降三世明王; pinyin: Xiángsānshì míngwáng, Japanese: Gōzanze Myō-ō; Korean: Hangsamse Myeongwang) is the King of knowledge having conquered the three worlds, one of the five kings of knowledge of Buddhism. His mission is to protect the eastern part of the world.

In general, the three worlds represent the world of desire, the world of form and the formless world; some interpret this king of knowledge is called so because he wants to defeat the supreme leader of the three worlds, Maheśvara; The most logical explanation reveals that the three worlds denote the three poisons: greed, hatred and ignorance, three trends that humans can not conquer during the past, present and future that the king hoped to help people eliminate.

Iconographic representation

The Lord Trailokyavijaya was born from the blue syllable, Hûm. He is blue, with four faces, and eight arms. His primary face expresses a love fury, the right, anger, disgust in the left, and behind, that of heroism. His main hands bear the bell and lightning, his chest says Vajra-hum-Kara; his three right hands hold (in descending order) a sword, the elephant hook, and an arrow; the three left hands hold a bow, lace, and a chakram. He carries, among other adornments, a garland made of a cord of Buddhas, is being developed as identical to him, that has (according fingers) magic gesture after touching fists back to back, attach two small chain-like fingers. The formula is "Om", etc.^[1]^[2]

Mantra

The magic mantra of the King of knowledge having conquered the three worlds is:

Namaḥ samanta vajrāṇām. Ha ha ha vismaye, sarva tathāgata viṣaya sambhava Trailokya vijaya hūm jaḥ svāhā!

References

^ Alfred Foucher : Study on Buddhist iconography of India from unpublished texts, Paris, E. Leroux, 1905.
^ Buswell Jr., Robert E.; Lopez, Jr., Donald S. (2013). The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 920. ISBN 9781400848058. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

External links

Media related to Trailokyavijaya at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Alfred Foucher : Study on Buddhist iconography of India from unpublished texts, Paris, E. Leroux, 1905.

[2] Buswell Jr., Robert E.; Lopez, Jr., Donald S. (2013). The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 920. ISBN 9781400848058. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

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-[[File:Gozanze Myo o.jpg|thumb|260px|Trailokyavijaya]]
+[[File:Gozanze Myo o.jpg|thumb|260px|Trailokyavijaya tramples Evil Demon and his consort as great victor]]
+'''Trailokyavijaya''' ({{zh|c=降三世明王|p=Xiángsānshì míngwáng}}, [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: ''Gōzanze Myō-ō''; [[Korean language|Korean]]: ''Hangsamse Myeongwang'') is the King of knowledge having conquered the three worlds, one of the five kings of knowledge of [[Buddhism]]. His mission is to protect the eastern part of the world.
+In general, the three worlds represent the world of desire, the world of form and the formless world; some interpret this king of knowledge is called so because he wants to defeat the supreme leader of the three worlds, [[Maheśvara (Buddhism)|Maheśvara]]; The most logical explanation reveals that the three worlds denote the three poisons: greed, hatred and ignorance, three trends that humans can not conquer during the past, present and future that the king hoped to help people eliminate.
-'''''Trailokyavijaya is shown standing in pratyalidha posture trampling Shiva and Parvati. Back slab of this image has a unique depiction of separate flames'''''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Strecker|first=Amy|date=2018-10-18|title=The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198826248.003.0005|journal=Oxford Scholarship Online|doi=10.1093/oso/9780198826248.003.0005}}</ref>
-'''Trailokyavijaya''' ([[Vajrayana]], {{zh|c=降三世明王|p=Xiángsānshì míngwáng}}, [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: Gōzanze Myō-ō;) is the King of knowledge having conquered the three worlds, one of the five kings of knowledge of [[Buddhism]]. His mission is to protect the eastern part of the world.
-In general, the three worlds represent the world of desire, the world of form and the formless world; some interpret this king of knowledge is called so because he wants to defeat the supreme leader of the three worlds, [[Maheśvara (Buddhism)|Maheśvara]](Shiva in Hinduism). The most logical explanation reveals that the three worlds denote the three poisons: greed, hatred and ignorance, three trends that humans can not conquer during the past, present and future that the king hoped to help people eliminate.
 ==Iconographic representation==
-The Lord Trailokyavijaya was born from the blue syllable, Hûm. He is blue, with four faces, and eight arms. His primary face expresses a love fury, the right, anger, disgust in the left, and behind, that of heroism. His main hands bear the bell and lightning, his chest says ''Vajra-hum-Kara''; his three right hands hold (in descending order) a sword, the elephant hook, and an arrow; the three left hands hold a bow, lace, and a [[discus]]. With his left foot, he steps on [[Shiva]] and with the right foot, and [[Parvati]] under left. He carries, among other adornments, a garland made of a cord of Buddhas, is being developed as identical to him, that has (according fingers) magic gesture after touching fists back to back, attach two small chain-like fingers. The formula is "Om", etc.<ref>Alfred Foucher : Study on Buddhist iconography of India from unpublished texts, Paris, E. Leroux, 1905.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Buswell Jr.|first1=Robert E.|last2=Lopez, Jr.|first2=Donald S.|title=The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism|date=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton|isbn=9781400848058|page=920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>
+The Lord Trailokyavijaya was born from the blue syllable, Hûm. He is blue, with four faces, and eight arms. His primary face expresses a love fury, the right, anger, disgust in the left, and behind, that of heroism. His main hands bear the bell and lightning, his chest says ''Vajra-hum-Kara''; his three right hands hold (in descending order) a sword, the elephant hook, and an arrow; the three left hands hold a bow, lace, and a [[chakram]]. He carries, among other adornments, a garland made of a cord of Buddhas, is being developed as identical to him, that has (according fingers) magic gesture after touching fists back to back, attach two small chain-like fingers. The formula is "Om", etc.<ref>Alfred Foucher : Study on Buddhist iconography of India from unpublished texts, Paris, E. Leroux, 1905.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Buswell Jr.|first1=Robert E.|last2=Lopez, Jr.|first2=Donald S.|title=The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism|date=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton|isbn=9781400848058|page=920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXN2AAAAQBAJ|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>
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 * [[Vidyaraja]]
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