Virūpākṣa

one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala
Thing dharmapala Q1188714
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Virūpākṣa

Summary

Virūpākṣa is a dharmapala[1]. Virūpākṣa draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (dharmapala category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Virūpākṣa's image is recorded as Mustang-Lo Manthang-32-Choede Lhakhang-Weltenhueter West Virupaksha mit Stupa und Schlange-gje.jpg[3].
  • Virūpākṣa's image is recorded as 広目天, Virūpākṣa, Heian period, Jōruri-ji.jpg[4].
  • Virūpākṣa's instance of is recorded as dharmapala[5].
  • Virūpākṣa's instance of is recorded as literary character[6].
  • Virūpākṣa's instance of is recorded as Deva[7].
  • Virūpākṣa's part of is recorded as Four Heavenly Kings[8].
  • Virūpākṣa's Commons category is recorded as Virūpākṣa[9].
  • Virūpākṣa's armament is recorded as ji[10].
  • Virūpākṣa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dln0qj[11].
  • Virūpākṣa's worshipped by is recorded as Buddhism[12].
  • Virūpākṣa's from narrative universe is recorded as Journey to the West universe[13].
  • Virūpākṣa's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A002525[14].
  • Virūpākṣa's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as biography/Virupaksa-Hindu-and-Buddhist-mythology[15].
  • Virūpākṣa's present in work is recorded as Journey to the West[16].
  • Virūpākṣa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'विरूपाक्ष'}[17].
  • Virūpākṣa's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02277661n[18].
  • Virūpākṣa's domain of saint or deity is recorded as west[19].
  • Virūpākṣa's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 광목천[20].
  • Virūpākṣa's JAANUS ID is recorded as k/koumokuten[21].
  • Virūpākṣa's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 広目天[22].

Why It Matters

Virūpākṣa draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (dharmapala category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] Virūpākṣa has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Virūpākṣa is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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