Vajrayakṣa

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| name = Vajrayakṣa

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Vajrayakṣa (金剛夜叉明王 or 金剛夜叉明王 in Chinese) is one of the Five Wisdom Kings.{{Cite journal|title=wrathful deities|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803124925954|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Oxford Reference|doi=|language=en}} He is a manifestation of Amoghasiddhi.{{Cite web|title=Myō-ō {{!}} Buddhist deities|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Myo-o|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}

He goes by many names including Kongō-yasha, Vajrayakṣa,{{Cite book|last1=Coulter|first1=Charles Russell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWxekbhM1yEC&q=Kongo+Yasha&pg=PT624|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities|last2=Turner|first2=Patricia|date=2013-07-04|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-96397-2|language=en}} or Jingang Yecha Mingwang. {{Cite web|title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG188317|access-date=2021-09-04|website=www.britishmuseum.org}}