'jig rten skyong

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'jig rten skyong

Lit. "World-Protectors." They are the same as the four Mahārājas, the great kings of the quarters ({rgyal chen bzhi}), namely, Vaiśravaṇa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Virūḍhaka, and Virūpākṣa, whose mission is to report on the activities of mankind to the gods of the Trāyastriṃśa heaven and who have pledged to protect the practitioners of the Dharma. Each universe has its own set of four.

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