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A protector of Buddhist dharma is called a dharmapala. They are typically wrathful deities, depicted with terrifying iconography in the Mahayana and tantric traditions of Buddhism. [3] The wrathfulness is intended to depict their willingness to defend and guard Buddhist followers from dangers and enemies.
Dharmapala [a] was the second Pala emperor of Bengal in the Indian subcontinent. He was the son and successor of Gopala , the founder of the Pala dynasty. Dharmapala was mentioned as the King of Vangala ( Vangapati ) in the Nesari plates (dated 805 AD) of Rashtrakuta dynasty . [ 5 ]
Dharmapala (781-821) is said to have founded 50 viharas himself, [4] including Vikramashila, the premier university of the era. Jaggadala was founded toward the end of the Pāla dynasty, most likely by Rāmapāla (c. 1077-1120). [1]
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Gopala, the founder of the Pala dynasty, who ascended the throne of Bengal in 750 CE, founded the monastic university at Odantapuri. According to Bu-ston, however, the Odantapuri monastery was built by Gopala's son and successor, Dharmapala; while according to Taranatha, it was founded by either Gopala or Devapala.
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The Gate of Shanmen or Hall of the Shanmen or simply Shanmen (simplified Chinese: 山门殿; traditional Chinese: 山門殿; pinyin: Shānméndiàn) [a], is the entrance gate of a Buddhist temple. [1] In ancient times, nearly all Buddhist temples had a single Shanmen gate leading into a large hall for the temple. [1]