A gyalpo spirit subdued by Padmasambhava and installed as chief guardian of Samyé; regarded as leader of the worldly Dharma-protectors and the deity associated with the Nechung state oracle of Tibet. Originally connected with the Bhata Hor.
Domains
worldly protector class
kingship of the gyalpo spirits
Powers
Guard the monastery of Samyé
Speak through the Nechung state oracle
Manifest as five aspects of body, speech, mind, quality, activity
Epithets
རྒྱལ་པོ་པེ་ཧར
རྒྱལ་ཆེན
རྒྱལ་པོ་སྐུ་ལྔ
Sources
Tibetan Buddhist protector-deity literature; Nechung Oracle tradition