In Buddhism, wrathful deities or fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful (Tibetan: trowo, Sanskrit: krodha) forms (or "aspects", "manifestations")...

Shingon school. There are various types of apotropaic deities whose main role is as guardian deities, protectors or general removers of evil. Some of these...

name for the deity of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Heruka (Sanskrit; Tibetan: Wylie: khrag 'thung) is the name of a category of wrathful deities, enlightened...

is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. Originally a minor deity described...

are typically wrathful deities, depicted with terrifying iconography in the Mahayana and tantric traditions of Buddhism. The wrathfulness is intended to...

compassion. Vajrakilaya is one of the eight deities of Kagyé. [citation needed] Vajrakilaya is a wrathful form of the Buddha Vajrasattva. His distinctive...

meditation practices and forceful rituals centered on the Buddhist wrathful deity Vajrabhairava (“indestructible terrifier”), and his frightful divine...

eternal dance of death as well as perfect awareness. They are invoked as wrathful deities, benevolent protectors of fierce appearance. The dance of the Citipati...

100 peaceful (zhi) and wrathful (khro) tantric deities and associated teachings and tantric practices which focus on those deities which represent the purified...

shortest possible time; libation to gods and deities to win their favor.[citation needed] Hindu deities that may be depicted with the kapala include Durga...