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Subject: Shambhala Kings List (Deity Appearance)

Shambhala Kings Iconography Page | List (King Appearance)

Seven Dharma Kings:
1. Sucandra (zla ba bzang po), an emanation of Vajrapāṇi.
2. Sureśvara (lha'i dbang po), an emanation of Kṣitigarbha.
3. Tejī (gzi brjid can), an emanation of Yamāntaka
4. Somadatta (zla bas byin), an emanation of Nīvaraṇaviṣkambhin.
5. Sureśvara (lha'i dbang phyug), an emanation of Jambhaka.
6. Viśvamūrti (sna tshogs gzugs), an emanation of Mānaka.
7. Sureśāna (lha'i dbang ldan), an emanation of Khagarbha.

Twenty-five Kalkī Kings (rigs ldan):
1. Yaśas (grags pa), an emanation of Mañjugoṣa, the king who converted the ṛiṣis to the single vajra-caste. He composed the Laghu-tantra.
2. Puṇḍarīka (padma dkar po(), an emanation of Lokeśvara. He composed the tantra commentary, the Vimalaprabhā.
3. Bhadra (bzang po), an emanation of Yamāntaka.
4. Vijaya (rnam rgyal), an emanation of Kṣitigarbha.
5. Sumitra (bshes gnyen bzang po), an emanation of Jambhaka.
6. Raktapāṇi (phyag dmar), an emanation of Nīvaraṇaviṣkambhin.
7. Viṣṇugupta (khyab 'jug sbas pa), an emanation of Mānaka.
8. Arkakīrti (nyi ma grags), an emanation of Khagarbha.
9. Subhadra (shin tu bzang po), an emanation of Vighnāntaka.
10. Samudravijaya (rgya mtsho rnam rgyal) an emanation of Vajrapāṇi.
11. Aja (rgyal dka'), an emanation of Yamāntaka. He established the Kālacakra karāna calendar, epoch 806 C.E.
12. Sūrya (nyi ma), an emanation of Kiṣitigarbha.
13. Viśvarūpa (sna tshogs gzugs), an emanation of Jambhaka.
14. Śaśiprabha (zla 'od), an emanation of Nīvaraṇaviṣkambhin.
15. Ananta (mtha' yas), an emanation of Mānaka.
16. Mahīpāla (sa skyong), an emanation of Khagarbha.
17. Śrīpāla (dpal skyong), an emanation of Vighnāntaka.
18. Hari (seng ge), an emanation of Vajrapāṇi.
19. Vikrama (rnam par gnon pa), an emanation of Yamāntaka.
20. Mahābala (stobs po che), an emanation of Kṣitigarbha.
21. Aniruddha (ma 'gags pa), an emanation of Jambhaka. The present Kalkī king.
22. Narasiṃha (mi'i seng ge), an emanation of Nīvaraṇaviṣkambhin.
23. Maheśvara (dbang phyug chen po), an emanation of Khagarbha.
24. Anantavijaya (mtha' yas rnam rgyal), an emanation of Vajrapāṇi.
25. Rudracakrī (drag po 'khor lo can), an emanation of Mañjuśrī. He is predicted to defeat the barbarians when they finally try to invade Sambhala.

The information above is from the Shambhala Kings Page of the www.kalacakra.org website of E. Henning.

HAR Team 8-2023

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