Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Mahoraga (Sanskrit: महोरग), also pronounced as Maha-Uraga ("Greater Reptilians"), are a race of deities in Buddhism, and Jainism. They are the exalted ones among the Uragas , a race of primordial reptilian beings who are cousins to the nāga .
Jujutsu Kaisen introduced Mahāla as a summon for one of the Ten Shadows technique, dubbing it the "Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sīla Divine General Makora," which was mistranslated as "Mahoraga," despite the furigana for the both of them being distinct. A golden cursed tool with the power of lightning, and shaped similarly to adornments of ...
However, the Buddha's disciple Śāriputra, a Sravaka, [9] does not believe that a woman can attain buddhahood. [10] [11] [note 2] In response, the nāga maiden offers a pearl to the Buddha, symbolizing her life and ego, and he accepts it. [13] She then instantly transforms into a perfected male bodhisattva, and then attains complete enlightenment.
The last thing Dan does before he dies is close his hand around the pendant, a reminder of how his life was changed by the woman he idolized. His Shakti armor is inspired by the rhinoceros-like Mahoraga mythical beings, and his weapons are a parashu—an Indian battle axe—and a shield. His powers revolve around earth, he is able to create ...
The Aṣṭagatyaḥ (the eight kinds of nonhuman beings) is one category of dharmapālas, which includes the Garuda, Deva, Naga, Yaksha, Gandharva, Asura, Kinnara, and Mahoraga. [ 3 ] In Vajrayana iconography and thangka depictions, dharmapala are fearsome beings, often with many heads, many hands, or many feet.
The Eight Legions (Sanskrit: अष्टसेना, Aṣṭasenā; 八部衆) are a group of Buddhist deities whose function is to protect the Dharma.These beings are common among the audience addressed by the Buddha in Mahāyāna sūtras, making appearances in such scriptures as the Lotus Sutra and the Golden Light Sutra.
In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas (Sanskrit: नाग, romanized: Nāga) [1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-Cobra beings that reside in the netherworld (), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art.
Vritra (Sanskrit: वृत्र, lit. 'enveloper', IAST: Vṛtrá, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʋr̩.ˈtrɐ]) is a danava in Hinduism.He serves as the personification of drought, and is an adversary of the king of the devas, Indra.