Trailokyavijaya

Trailokyavijaya (Chinese: 降三世明王; pinyin: Xiángsānshì Míngwáng, Japanese: Gōzanze Myōō; Korean: Hangsamse Myeongwang; Sanskrit: त्रैलोक्यविजय) is a Buddhist wrathful deity and one of the Wisdom Kings (Myōō). He is regarded as a fierce manifestation of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi and is counted among the Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō), where he presides over the eastern direction as an incarnation of Akshobhya Buddha.

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