Śakra - Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia
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Jan 28, 2014 - Śakra (Sanskrit: शक्र) or Sakka (Pāli) is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven according to Buddhist cosmology. ... In China, Śakra is sometimes compared to the Taoist Jade Emperor (Yùhuáng dàdì 玉皇大帝 often simplified in Yùhuáng 玉皇); both share a birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month of ...
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Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal: "Thor: Dark World ...
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Nov 5, 2013 - In Buddhist texts, Sakka is the proper name, not an epithet of this shining one; conversely, Indra in Sanskrit and Inda in Pali are sometimes used as an epithet ... In China, Sakka is sometimes compared to or conflated with Taoism's Jade Emperor (Yùhuáng Dàdì, 玉皇大帝 often simplified in Yùhuáng, 玉皇).
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