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{{Short description|Buddhist wrathful deity}}
{{about| a wrathful deity or  ''[[dharmapala]]'' in East Asian Esoteric Buddhism|the Indian term for horoscope or birth chart| Kundali (astrology)}}
{{Infobox Buddha
|name=Amṛtakuṇḍalin
|attributes=[[vajra]], [[Parashu|axe]], [[Chakram|wheel]], [[Trishula|trident]], [[snake]]
|veneration=[[Vajrayana|Vajrayana Buddhism]], [[Mahayana|Mahayana Buddhism]], [[Shugendō]]
|korean_name=군다리명왕 (''Gundali Myeongwang'')
|tibetan_name=
|image=Yuan Dynasty (元) statue of Kundali (軍荼利明王; 军荼利明王; Juntuli Mingwang) one out of two Wisdom Kings, or vidyaraja (明王; Mingwang), in Fusheng Temple (福勝寺; 福胜寺), Yuncheng, Shanxi, China Picture 3.jpg
|japanese_name={{plainlist|
*{{wikt-lang|ja|軍荼利明王}} ({{lang|ja-Latn|Gundari Myōō}})
*甘露軍荼利明王 ({{lang|ja-Latn|Kanro Gundari Myōō}})
*軍荼利夜叉明王 ({{lang|ja-Latn|Gundari Yasha Myōō}})
*大咲明王 ({{lang|ja-Latn|Taishō Myōō}})
*吉利吉利明王 ({{lang|ja-Latn|Kirikiri Myōō}})}}
|chinese_name=
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*([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]]) 軍荼利明王
*([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]]) 军荼利明王
*([[Pinyin]]: ''Jūntúlì Míngwáng'')}}
|sanskrit_name={{plainlist|
*{{lang|sa|अमृतकुण्डलिन्}} ({{lang|sa-Latn|Amṛtakuṇḍalin}})
*{{lang|sa|अमृतकुण्डलि}} ({{lang|sa-Latn|Amṛtakuṇḍali}})
*{{lang|sa|कुण्डलि}} ({{lang|sa-Latn|Kuṇḍali}})}}
|caption=[[Yuan Dynasty]] statue of Kundali (''Jūntúlì Míngwáng'') at [[:zh:福胜寺 (新绛)|Fusheng Temple]] in [[Yuncheng]], [[Shanxi]], [[China]]
}}
'''Kundali''' ([[Sanskrit]]: {{lang|sa|कुण्डलि}}; [[IAST]]: {{IAST|Kuṇḍali}}) or '''Amritakundalin''' (अमृतकुण्डलिन्, {{IAST|Amṛtakuṇḍalin}}), also known in Chinese as '''Juntuli Mingwang''' ({{zh|t=軍荼利明王|s=军荼利明王|p=Jūntúlì Míngwáng}}) and in Japanese as '''Gundari Myōō''' (軍荼利明王), is a [[Fierce deities|wrathful deity]] and ''[[dharmapala]]'' (protector of the [[Dharma]]) in [[East Asian Buddhism|East Asian]] [[Vajrayana Buddhism|Esoteric Buddhism]].
In Buddhist thought, Amritakundalin is seen as the dispenser of [[Amrita]], the celestial nectar of [[immortality]].{{sfnp|Hackin|1932|pp=428}}{{sfnp|Frédéric|2002|pp=268}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Van Hartingsveldt|first=Michael|date=2018-09-21|title=With the Wrath of a Serpent: The Propagation of Gundari Myо̄о̄ Iconography|url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/with-the-wrath-of-a-serpent-the-propagation-of-gudari-myoo-iconography|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Buddhistdoor Global}}</ref> When classified among the Five [[Wisdom King]]s (''vidyārāja''), fierce incarnations or emissaries of the [[Five Tathagatas|Five Wisdom Buddhas]], he is considered to be the manifestation of [[Ratnasambhava]], one of the five buddhas who is associated with the southern direction.{{sfnp|Hackin|1932|pp=428}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Myō-ō|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Myo-o|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> When classified among the [[Wisdom King#The Eight Wisdom Kings|Eight Wisdom Kings]], he is considered to be the manifestation of the bodhisattva [[Ākāśagarbha|Akashagarbha]] and is associated with the north-west direction.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Howard |first1=Angela F. |title=The Eight Brilliant Kings of Wisdom of Southwest China |journal=Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics |date=March 1999 |volume=35 |pages=92–107 |doi=10.1086/RESv35n1ms20167019 |s2cid=164236937 }}</ref> When classified among the [[Wisdom King#The Ten Wisdom Kings|Ten Wisdom Kings]], he is considered to be the manifestation of [[Amitābha|Amitabha]], another of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Bloom |first1=Phillip Emmanual |date=2013 |title=Descent of the Deities: The Water-Land Retreat and the Transformation of the Visual Culture of Song-Dynasty (960-1279) Buddhism |id={{ProQuest|1422026705}} |oclc=864907811 }}{{pn|date=July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Hong |first1=Tsai-Hsia |date=2007 |title=The Water-Land Dharma Function Platform ritual and the Great Compassion Repentance ritual |oclc=64281400 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/1e7f2eadff4d9baec078f55f48fd3dc7/1 }}{{pn|date=July 2023}}</ref>
==Worship==
===Bīja and mantra===
[[File:BonjiHum2.png|thumb|left|130px|''huṃ'' (हुं), Kundali's seed syllable in [[Siddham script]]]]
The ''[[bīja]]'' or seed syllable used to represent Kundali is '''{{IAST|huṃ}}''' ([[Devanagari]]: हुं; Chinese: 吽, [[pinyin]]: ''hōng''; ''[[Romanization of Japanese|rōmaji]]'': ''un''), written in [[Siddhaṃ script|Siddham script]].
Kundali's [[mantra]] is as follows:
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!Sanskrit (romanized)
![[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional Chinese]]
![[Pinyin]]
![[Hiragana]]
!Japanese (romanized)
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|''[[Om|Oṃ]] amṛte hūṃ phaṭ''
|唵 婀密哩帝 吽 頗吒
|''Ǎn ēmìlīdì hōng pōzhā''
|おん あみりてい うん はった{{sfnp|Kodama|2009|pp=115}}
|''On amiritei un hatta''{{sfnp|Kodama|2009|pp=115}}
|}
==See also==
*[[Wisdom King]]
**[[Acala]]
**[[Trailokyavijaya]]
**[[Yamantaka]]
**[[Vajrayakṣa]]
*[[Ratnasambhava]]
*[[Kangiten]]
*[[Kundalini]]
==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist|2}}
===Works cited===
*{{cite book | title=Japan Encyclopedia | publisher=Harvard University Press |last=Frédéric |first=Louis | chapter=Gundari Myō-ō | year=2002 |translator=Rothe, Kathe|orig-date=originally published in 1996}}
*{{cite book |last1=Hackin |first1=Joseph |title=Asiatic Mythology: A Detailed Description and Explanation of the Mythologies of Asia |date=1932 |publisher=George G. Harrap & Co. |location=London}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kodama |first1=Giryū |title=印と梵字ご利益・功徳事典: 聖なる象徴に表された諸尊の姿と仏の教え (In to bonji goriyaku kudoku jiten: sei naru shōchō ni hyōsareta shoson no sugata to hotoke no oshie) |date=2009 |publisher=Gakken Publishing |isbn=978-4-0540-4187-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Y5-pwj_3x0C}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Kundali}}
{{Buddhism topics}}
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[[Category:Wrathful deities]]
[[Category:Herukas]]