Mahamayuri

Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī
Painting of Mahāmāyūrī, pigment on silk. Japan, Heian Period, 12th century CE
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孔雀明王
Simplified Chinese孔雀明王
Literal meaningPeacock Wisdom Queen
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKǒngquè Míngwáng
Vietnamese name
VietnameseKhổng Tước Minh Vương
Korean name
Hangul공작명왕
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGongjak Myeongwang
Japanese name
Kanji孔雀明王
Transcriptions
RomanizationKujaku Myōō
Sanskrit name
SanskritMahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī

Mahamayuri (Sanskrit: महामायूरी Mahāmāyūrī ("great peacock"), Chinese: 孔雀明王 Kǒngquè Míngwáng, Vietnamese: Khổng Tước Minh Vương, Japanese: 孔雀明王, romanizedKujaku Myōō, Korean: 공작명왕 Gongjak Myeongwang), or Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī is a bodhisattva and female Wisdom King in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. In the latter tradition, Mahamayuri is a popular practice in both the Chinese and Japanese forms of Vajrayana. She is also the name of one of the five protective goddesses in Buddhism.

In Chinese Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism, it is believed that the Great Peacock King is an incarnation of either Vairocana Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha. Its main merits include the elimination of poison and disease, the protection of the country, the dispelling of disasters, and the ability to pray for both rain and cessation of rain.