kshetrapala
क्षेत्रपाल kṣetrapālaThe guardian deity of a sacred site or 'field'; at Kashi this role belongs to Kalabhairava, popularly called the Kotwal, the city magistrate.
Where this term appears
- Who is Bhairava? Deities
Bhairava is, across the subcontinent, the kṣetrapāla , the guardian of the field, the protector of a sacred site.
- The magistrate of death Treatise
It is a Persian administrative term that arrived with the Indo-Islamic centuries, wrapped later around a role the scriptures already knew by an older name, Kshetrapala , the guardian of the sacred field.
- A genre that was always bilingual Treatise
…ical potency, and mantras of a variety of other gods such as Yoginīs, Kṣetrapāla, Gaṇeśa and Kālī, for magical purposes.
- The Fierce Guardians Treatise
…ed level, Bhairava merges with an even older and more local guardian: Kṣetrapāla , "the protector of the field." Every sacred site — every temple, every village boundary, every stretch of cultivated land — has …
- The six acts Treatise
Their two main subjects are mastery of the mantra of Śabara, a minor deity of magical potency, and mantras of a variety of other gods, Yoginīs, Kṣetrapāla, Gaṇeśa, Kālī, for magical purposes.
- The Temple Is a Cosmos Treatise
They are the guardian-principle we met in the Bhairavas and Kshetrapala, brought down to the specific and practical job of holding this particular door.