Pehar Gyalpo
Tibetan Buddhist · deity · mythic · deity
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