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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 ]
Acala or Achala (Sanskrit: अचल, "The Immovable", IPA: [ˈɐt͜ɕɐlɐ]), also known as Acalanātha (अचलनाथ, "Immovable Lord") or Āryācalanātha (आर्याचलनाथ, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. [1]
Nio is a Dharmapala who protects Buddhism with the ever present Vajra in his hand. [1] Originally, there was one Nio incorporated into a temple. [1] After the introduction of Buddhism from India to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), however, the Chinese people cast two Nio to safeguard the mount gate. [1]
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The architecture of the stupa and the terracotta plaques bear great resemblance to the Somapura Mahavihara, Paharpur (Bangladesh) which, too, was founded by the same king Dharmapala. In plan both are very much alike with the significant difference that Somapura is centred on a central temple rather than a stupa.
Dharmapala Kamboja was probably the last ruler of Kamboja Pala dynasty of Bengal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He ruled Dandabhukti-mandala in Vardhamana-bhukti in the first quarter of eleventh century and was contemporary of Rajendra Chola (reign 1012–1044) of Chola dynasty of Deccan .
Niō (仁王) are two wrathful and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues. They are dharmapala manifestations of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, the oldest and most powerful [citation needed] of the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon.