Trailokyavijaya (, Japanese: Gà Âzanze Myà Âà Â; Korean: Hangsamse Myeongwang; Sanskrit: à ¤¤à ¥Âà ¤°à ¥Âà ¤²à ¥Âà ¤Âà ¥Âà ¤¯à ¤µà ¤¿à ¤Âà ¤¯) is a Buddhist wrathful deity and one of the Wisdom Kings (Myà Âà Â). He is regarded as a fierce manifestation of the bodhisattva VajrapÃÂá¹Âi and is counted among the Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myà Âà Â), where he presides over the eastern direction as an incarnation of Akshobhya Buddha.
The Sanskrit name Trailokyavijaya literally means âÂÂConqueror of the Three Worlds,â signifying the âÂÂvictor over à Âiva, the ruler of the threefold world.â In Chinese, he is known as Xiangsanshi Mingwang. In Japanese he is known as Gà Âzanze Myà Âà  (éÂÂä¸Âä¸ÂæÂÂçÂÂ), also called Gà Âzanze Yaksha Myà Âà  or Shà Âzanze Myà Âà Â. Some esoteric texts refer to him as Sonba Myà Âà  (å«å©ÂæÂÂçÂÂ), and in later Tantric Buddhism he is identified with à ÂumbharÃÂja, linking him to the Asura brothers à Âumbha (IAST: à Âumbha) and Nià Âumbha (IAST: Nià Âumbha) of ancient Hindu mythology. With the rise of Esoteric Buddhism (Mikkyà Â), the figure of Trailokyavijaya was incorporated as a Buddhist protector.
Trailokyavijaya features prominently in the seventh-century Tattvasaá¹Âgraha Tantra, where VajrapÃÂá¹Âi assumes his form. Worship of this deity in China began after the transmission of the Tattvasaá¹Âgraha Tantra and the VairocanÃÂbhisaá¹Âbodhi Sà «tra, translated into Chinese by the monk Amoghavajra in the late 8th century. In the Chinese Buddhist pantheon, Trailokyavijaya became known as Xiangsanshi Mingwang. He remains a key figure together with the other Ten Wisdom Kings during the Shuilu Fahui ceremony where they are invoked to the ritual space. Tantric texts featuring Trailokyavijaya were later introduced to Japan, where Trailokyavijaya eventually became known as Gà Âzanze Myà Âà  and was incorporated into the Japanese esoteric pantheon.
According to Buddhist legend, Gà Âzanze Myà Âà  subdued Maheshvara (à Âiva), the lord of the heavenly realms, and his consort Umà(PÃÂrvatë), who refused to accept the BuddhaâÂÂs teaching. à Âiva and PÃÂrvatë were worshiped as the supreme deities ruling past, present, and future, but Vairocana Buddha dispatched Gà Âzanze (or transformed into him) to convert them. By overpowering them, Gà Âzanze brought the Hindu cosmos under Buddhist law, giving rise to his name as the âÂÂWisdom King who brought down the ruler of the three worlds.âÂÂ
Buddhist narratives parallel the Hindu myth of à Âumbha and Nià Âumbha found in the MÃÂrkaá¹Âá¸Âeya PurÃÂá¹Âa, where the goddess Durga defeats the Asura brothers after a fierce war. In Buddhist adaptations, the bodhisattva VajrapÃÂá¹Âi takes the form of an Asura using their mantras to subdue à Âiva and UmÃÂ, trampling and then reviving them to convert them to the Dharma.
Trailokyavijaya is typically depicted as a fierce blue deity born from the blue syllable Hà «á¹Â, embodying the power of subjugation. He has four faces and eight arms, each face expressing a distinct emotion: the front shows passionate fury, the right wrathful compassion, the left disgust, and the rear heroic resolve. His main pair of hands forms the distinctive âÂÂGà Âzanze mudraâ while also bearing a bell and vajra, his chest inscribed with the mantra Vajra-hà «á¹Â-kara. Of the remaining right hands, one holds a sword, another an elephant hook, and the third an arrow; the left hands hold a bow, a noose (lace), and a chakram. He carries, among other adornments, a garland made of a cord of Buddhas, is being developed as identical to him, that has (according fingers) magic gesture after touching fists back to back, attach two small chain-like fingers. The formula is "Om", etc. Most strikingly, Trailokyavijaya tramples the prostrate bodies of Maheshvara (à Âiva) and UmÃÂ, symbolizing the subjugation of rival gods rather than demons.
Trailokyavijaya appears in both the Mandala of the Two Realms (Kongà Âkai).
Several mantras are associated with Trailokyavijaya, including: