dharmapala

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A dharmapāla is a type of wrathful deity in Buddhism. The name means "dharma protector" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Dharma (religious law), They are sometimes emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas , and sometimes spirits, gods or demons who have been subjugated and bound under oath by great practitioners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmapala
https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Dharma_Protectors