'Phags-skyes-po (Sanskrit Virūḍhaka), the guardian of the south, and rNam-thos-sras (Sanskrit Vaísravaṇa), the guardian of the north. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
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Two of the kings of the four directions: Virūḍhaka (Tibetan 'Phags-skyes-po') the Guardian of the South, and Vaísravaṇa (Tibetan rNam-thos-sras) the Guardian of the North. The upper figure, Virūḍhaka, holds a reliquary in his right hand and a writhing snake in his left. He is lord over a group of goblins called "sgrul bum" (Sanskrit kumbhāṇḍa). The lower figure, Vaiśravaṇa, holds a victorious banner in his right hand and an ichneumon vomiting jewels into a dish before him in his left. He is lord over the yakṣas (disease spirits), and can send diseases and can, on being propitiated, withdraw them. Both are wearing chain mail armour and Mongolian boots. Vaiśravaṇa is wearing an apron with a face painted and embroidered on it called "kīrtimukha"
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