Saturday, January 30, 2016

The 4 Celestial Guardian Kings

NO. DRI001
Dritarashtra
(Tibetan: yul khor srung), Guardian of the Eastern Direction and King of the Gandharva - celestial musicians.
In a regal appearance, white in colour, he has a broad square face with grey eyebrows, moustache and a beard. The fingers of the right hand strum the golden strings of a lute (Sanskrit: vina) having a wide green body and dark blue neck held above with the left hand. Adorned with a crown of gold studded with jewels, and earrings, tassels and ribbons, he is richly attired in brocade garments, trousers, and boots of various colour. The head is encircled by an irregular dark green areola edged with licks of red and orange flame.
Dritarashtra, leader of the Gandharva heavenly musicians, is a worldly guardian worshipped as a protector. He lives on the east side of the lower slopes of mount Meru in the Heaven of the Four Great Kings.

NO. VIRD001
Virudhaka
(Tibetan: pag pi kye bo), Guardian of the Southern Direction and King of the Kumbhanda.
Regal in stature, blue in colour, he has a full face with black eyebrows, moustache and beard. Large bulbous eyes gaze to the side. The right hand holds at the waist a long sword with the left cradling the blade across the chest. Adorned with an ornate headdress of gold and jewels, earrings and ribbons, he is richly garbed in the brocade raiment of a king, opulent with silks and elaborate design in a variety of colours.

Virudhaka, leader of the Kumbhanda, is a worldly guardian worshipped as a protector. He lives on the south side of the lower slopes of mount Meru in the Heaven of the Four Great Kings.

NO. VIRP001
Virupaksha
(Tibetan: chen mi zang): Guardian of the Western Direction and King of the Nagas.With one face and large round eyes, a brown moustache and beard, the right hand holds at the waist a writhing snake entwined around the upper arm - grey in colour with a white belly. With the left hand upraised, he holds a single white pearl-like drop with a lick of yellow flame extending upward from the center. Adorned with an ornate crown of gold, jewels and a small red ribbon at each side he is richly garbed in the raiment of a king, opulent with silk brocades and elaborate designs in varieties of colour.

NO. VAI003
Vaishravana
the Guardian King of the North (Tibetan: nam to se): a god of the lower heavenly realms and leader of the Yaksha beings.
Royal in visage, orange in colour, he has large bulging eyes, with a moustache and beard slightly curling, the black hair is piled on the crown of the head. The right hand holds the shaft of a victory banner upraised with billowing ribbons and streamers. The left held at the side grasps a brown mongoose dispensing precious jewels from the mouth. The head is adorned with a crown of jewels and gold rings hang from the ears. Wearing the colourful garb of a royal warrior completely covered in layers of garments he is further attired in white pants and decorative boots. With the legs straight standing on a leopard skin hide, above a green foreground, the head is encircled by a dark green areola burning with orange flames and the body surrounded by dark grey smoke swirling upward into a blue sky edged with cloud.

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