Shinje

Tibetan Buddhist · deity · mythic · deity

Tibetan form of Yama: lord of death, 'king of the religious law' (Dharmarāja), and a principal dharmapāla of the Gelug school depicted buffalo-headed and dark blue. His wrathful conqueror is Yamāntaka (Mañjuśrī), 'destroyer of Yama'.

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