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Vajrayakṣa

Vajrayakṣa (金剛夜叉明王 or 金剛夜叉明王 in Chinese)^[1] is one of the Five Wisdom Kings.^[2] He is a manifestation of Amoghasiddhi.^[3]

He goes by many names including Kongō-yasha, Vajrayakṣa,^[4] or Jingang Yecha Mingwang.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ "wrathful deities". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
^ "Myō-ō | Buddhist deities". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
^ Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-96397-2.