三十六神

(三十六部神) The thirty-six departmental guardian divinities given in the 灌頂三歸五戒帶佩護身咒經. Each is styled 彌栗頭 mṛdu, benign, kindly, for which 善 is used. Their Sanskrit and Chinese names are given in Chinese as follows:

(1) 不羅婆 or 善光 kindly light, has to do with attacks of disease;

(2) 婆呵婆 or 善明 headaches;

(3) 婆邏婆 or 善力 fevers;

(4) 抗陀羅 or 善月 disorders of the stomach;

(5) 陀利奢 or 善見 tumours;

(6) 阿婁呵 or 善供 madness;

(7) 伽婆帝 or 善捨 stupidity;

(8) 悉抵哆 or 善寂 irascibility;

(9) 菩堤薩 or善覺 lust;

(10) 提婆羅 or 善天 devils;

(11) 阿婆帝 or 善住 deadly injuries;

(12) 不若羅 of 善福 graves;

(13) 苾闍伽 or 善術 the four quarters;

(14) 迦隸婆 or 善帝 enemies;

(15) 羅闍遮 or 善主 robbers;

(16) 須乾陀 or 善香 creditors;

(17) 檀那波 or 善施 thieves;

(18) 支多那 or 善意 pestilence;

(19) 羅婆那 or 善吉 the five plagues ( typhoid);

(20) 鉢婆馱 or 善山 corpse worms;

(21) 三摩提 or 善調 continuous concentration;

(22) 戾禘馱 or 善備 restlessness;

(23) 波利陀 or 善敬 attraction;

(24) 波利那 or 善淨 evil cabals;

(25) 度伽地 or 善品 deadly poison;

(26) 毘梨馱 or 善結 fear;

(27) 支陀那 or 善壽 calamities;

(28) 伽林摩 or 善逝 childbirth and nursing;

(29) 阿留伽 or 善願 the district magistracy;

(30) 闍利馱 or 善固 altercations;

(31) 阿伽駄 or 善照 anxieties and distresses;

(32) 阿訶婆 or 善生 uneasiness;

(33) 婆和邏 or 善思 supernatural manifestations;

(34) 波利那 or 善藏 jealousy;

(35) 固陀那 or 善音 curses;

(36) 韋陀羅 or 善妙 exorcism. They have innumerable assistants. He who writes their names and carries them with him can be free from all fear.