Vaiśravaṇa
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This article is about a Buddhist deity. For the corresponding Hindu deity, see Kubera.
Vaiśravaṇa (Sanskrit: वैश्रवण) or Vessavaṇa (Pali; Tibetan: རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས་, Lhasa dialect: [Namtösé], simplified Chinese: 多闻天王; traditional Chinese: 多聞天王; pinyin: Duōwén Tiānwáng, Japanese: 毘沙門天, romanized: Bishamonten, Korean: 비사문천, romanized: Bisamuncheon, Tagalog: Bisrabana, Khmer: វេស្សវណ្ណ Vaisavana, Thai: ท้าวกุเวร Thao Kuwen or ท้าวเวสสุวรรณ Thao Wetsuwan, Vietnamese: Đa Văn Thiên Vương) is one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and is considered an important figure in Buddhism. He is the god of warfare and usually portrayed as a warrior-king.[1][2]
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