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Trailokyavijaya (Chinese: 降三世明王; pinyin: Xiángsānshì míngwáng, Japanese: Gōzanze Myō-ō; Korean: Hangsamse Myeongwang; Sanskrit: त्रैलोक्यविजय) is a Buddhist wrathful deity and is considered to be a form of the bodhisattva, Vajrapani. He plays an important role in the seventh-century text, the Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra where Vajrapani takes the role of Trailokavijaya, to conquer and subjugate the Hindu deity, Shiva.[1]
- ^ Lopez, Donald (2014). "Trailokyavijaya". The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3.