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Appendix B

THE DEVA WITHIN THE BODHISATTVA HALL IN THE PI-YUN SSU PEKING'S WESTERN HILLS

The Chinese titles of these the Deva within the Bodhisattva Hall in the Pi-yun Ssu are as follows together with their standard Sanskrit name:

Fan T'ien
Brahma
[Mahabrahman]

Ti-shih
Indra
[Sakra Devaran]

T'o-wen Tien-wang
Vaisravana
(Guardian of the North)

Ch'ih-kuo T'ien-wang
Dhrtarastra
(Guardian of the East)

Tseng-ch'ang T'ien-wang
Virudhaka
(Guardian of the South)

Kuang-mu T'ien-wang
Virupaksa
(Guardian of the West)

) the Four
) Guardians
) of the
) Entrance
) to
) Buddhist
) Temples**

Mi-chi Chin-kang
Guhyapati
Another Diamond King Guardian

Mo-hsi-shou-lo
Siva
[Mahesvara]

Pan-chih Ta-ching
Pancika

Pien-ts'ai T'ien
Sarasvati

Chi-hsiang T'ien-nü
Laksmi

Wei-t'o
Skanda or Viharapala

Chien-lao-ti-shen
Prthivi

P'u-t'i Shu-shen
Bodhidruma or Pippala

Kuei-tzu Mu
Hariti

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