Duowen Tianwang’s Connections

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Has aspect

• Li Jing

  The Buddhist guardian Duowen Tianwang was absorbed into the deified Tang general Li Jing, producing the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King of Chinese popular religion who carries Duowen's pagoda but lives Nezha's father's story.

Equivalent to

• Bishamonten(Japanese),Jambhala(Tibetan),Kubera(Hindu),Vaisravana(Buddhist)

  Bishamonten, Vaishravana, Kubera, Duowen Tianwang, and Jambhala are forms of the same wealth-guardian deity transmitted across Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan traditions — the divine protector of the northern quarter who carries a pagoda and dispenses treasures.