Kuṇḍali

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::summary Buddhist wrathful deity ::

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Field	Value
name	Amṛtakuṇḍalin
attributes	vajra, axe, wheel, trident, snake
veneration	Vajrayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Shugendō
korean_name	군다리명왕 (Gundali Myeongwang)
image	水陆画宝宁寺 甘露军咤明王.jpg
japanese_name	{{plainlist
sanskrit_name	{{plainlist
caption	Ming dynasty (1368-1644) shuilu ritual painting of Kundali (Juntuli Mingwang), one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, from Baoning Temple in Shanxi, China
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|name=Amṛtakuṇḍalin |attributes=vajra, axe, wheel, trident, snake |veneration=Vajrayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Shugendō |korean_name=군다리명왕 (Gundali Myeongwang) |tibetan_name= |image=水陆画宝宁寺 甘露军咤明王.jpg |japanese_name={{plainlist|

• (Gundari Myōō)
• 甘露軍荼利明王 (Kanro Gundari Myōō)
• 軍荼利夜叉明王 (Gundari Yasha Myōō)
• 大咲明王 (Taishō Myōō)
• 吉利吉利明王 (Kirikiri Myōō)}} |chinese_name=
• (Traditional) 軍荼利明王
• (Simplified) 军荼利明王
• (Pinyin: Jūntúlì Míngwáng)}} |sanskrit_name={{plainlist|
• अमृतकुण्डलिन् (Amṛtakuṇḍalin)
• अमृतकुण्डलि (Amṛtakuṇḍali)
• कुण्डलि (Kuṇḍali)}} |caption=Ming dynasty (1368-1644) shuilu ritual painting of Kundali (Juntuli Mingwang), one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, from Baoning Temple in Shanxi, China

Kundali (Sanskrit: कुण्डलि; IAST: ) or Amritakundalin (अमृतकुण्डलिन्, ), also known in Chinese as Juntuli Mingwang () and in Japanese as Gundari Myōō (軍荼利明王), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) in East Asian Esoteric Buddhism.

In Buddhist thought, Amritakundalin is seen as the dispenser of Amrita, the celestial nectar of immortality. When classified among the Five Wisdom Kings (vidyārāja), fierce incarnations or emissaries of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, he is considered to be the manifestation of Ratnasambhava, one of the five buddhas who is associated with the southern direction. When classified among the Eight Wisdom Kings, he is considered to be the manifestation of the bodhisattva Akashagarbha and is associated with the north-west direction. When classified among the Ten Wisdom Kings, he is considered to be the manifestation of Amitabha, another of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.

Worship

Bīja and mantra

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/BonjiHum2.png" caption="हुं}}), Kundali's seed syllable in [[Siddham script"] ::

The bīja or seed syllable used to represent Kundali is **** (Devanagari: हुं; ), written in Siddham script.

Kundali's mantra is as follows:

References

Citations

Works cited

References

1. Van Hartingsveldt, Michael. (2018-09-21). "With the Wrath of a Serpent: The Propagation of Gundari Myо̄о̄ Iconography".
2. "Myō-ō".
3. (March 1999). "The Eight Brilliant Kings of Wisdom of Southwest China". Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics.
4. (2013). "Descent of the Deities: The Water-Land Retreat and the Transformation of the Visual Culture of Song-Dynasty (960-1279) Buddhism".
5. (2007). ["The Water-Land Dharma Function Platform ritual and the Great Compassion Repentance ritual"](https://www.proquest.com/openview/1e7f2eadff4d9baec078f55f48fd3dc7/1 }}{{pn).

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