Four Heavenly Kings

Summary

Four Heavenly Kings is a group of deities^[1]. It draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (group_of_deities category, ranking #2 of 11).^[2]

Key Facts

• Four Heavenly Kings's image is recorded as Four Guardian Kings in Burmese art.jpg^[3].
• Four Heavenly Kings's instance of is recorded as group of deities^[4].
• Four Heavenly Kings's instance of is recorded as tetrad^[5].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Commons category is recorded as Four Heavenly Kings^[6].
• Four Heavenly Kings's said to be the same as is recorded as Heavenly King^[7].
• Four Heavenly Kings's has part is recorded as Virūḍhaka^[8].
• Four Heavenly Kings's has part is recorded as Vaiśravaṇa^[9].
• Four Heavenly Kings's has part is recorded as Dhṛtarāṣṭra^[10].
• Four Heavenly Kings's has part is recorded as Virūpākṣa^[11].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vmjp^[12].
• Four Heavenly Kings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Four Heavenly Kings^[13].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Commons gallery is recorded as Four Heavenly Kings^[14].
• Four Heavenly Kings's from narrative universe is recorded as Journey to the West universe^[15].
• Four Heavenly Kings's present in work is recorded as Journey to the West^[16].
• Four Heavenly Kings's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'चतुर्महाराज'}^[17].
• Four Heavenly Kings's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03434360n^[18].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19796612^[19].
• Four Heavenly Kings's McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID is recorded as S/si-tenno^[20].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 사천왕^[21].
• Four Heavenly Kings's JAANUS ID is recorded as s/shitennou^[22].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0026023^[23].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 78737^[24].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 90269^[25].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Miraheze article ID is recorded as shinto:Four Heavenly Kings^[26].
• Four Heavenly Kings's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 四天王(夜叉)^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Four Heavenly Kings include Shitennō-ji Temple^[28], a Buddhist temple^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 0593^[31]; Cāturmahārājakāyika^[32], a heaven^[33]; and Kōdōkan Shitennō^[34], a group of humans^[35].

Why It Matters

Four Heavenly Kings draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (group_of_deities category, ranking #2 of 11).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for it include Shitennō-ji Temple^[28], a Buddhist temple^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 0593^[31]; Cāturmahārājakāyika^[32], a heaven^[33]; and Kōdōkan Shitennō^[34], a group of humans^[35].