rgyal chen sde bzhi
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རྒྱལ་ཆེན་སྡེ་བཞི
four orders of the great kings, class of the four great kings. Syn phyogs skyong guardian of the four directions. Syn rgyal chen sde bzhi Four Great / Guardian [directional) Kings, the Four Mighty Rulers. 1) yul 'khor bsrungs king Dhritarastra of the east. 2) 'phags skyes po king Virudhaka of the south. 3) spyan mi bzang king Virupaksha of the west. 4) rnam thos sras king Vaishravana of the north [RY]
1) heaven of the four great kings, [1st 'dod lha; 2) a god of this heaven; 3) the four great kings/ directional guardians [IW]
(yul 'khor srung, 'phags skyes po, spyan mi bzang, rnam thos sras) [JV]