Skanda (Buddhism)
Skanda (Chinese:塞建陀, 室建陀), also known as Wei Tuo () and Idaten (), is a Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who protects the teachings of Buddhism. He is also sometimes called in the Chinese tradition "Hufa Weituo Zuntian Pusa", meaning "Honored Dharma Protector Skanda Bodhisattva", because he is one of the twenty-four celestial guardian deities mentioned in the ''Golden Light Sutra''.In Chinese temples, Skanda faces the statue of the Buddha in the main shrine, traditionally unarmed and with his hands in anjali. In others, he is on the far right of the main shrine with weapon in hand, whereas on the left is his counterpart, Sangharama (personified as the historical general Guan Yu). In Chinese sutras, his image is found at the end of the sutra, a reminder of his vow to protect and preserve the teachings.
According to legends, Skanda was the son of a virtuous king who had complete faith in Buddha's teachings. When the Buddha entered nirvana, the Buddha instructed Skanda to guard the Dharma. It was his duty to protect members of the sangha when they are disturbed by Mara, the tempter, and also to resolve conflicts amongst members of the sangha. A few days after the Buddha's passing and cremation, evil demons stole his relics. Skanda's vow of protecting the faith and Dharma was proven when he managed to defeat the evil demons and returned the relics. Provided by Wikipedia
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Aerodynamic system instability identification with sample entropy algorithm based on feature extraction by Mingming Zhang, Jia Zhang, Anping Hou, Aiguo Xia, Wei Tuo, Yongzhao Lv
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FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COATING OF TRANSMISSION MECHANISM BASED ON COHESIVE ZONE MODEL by WANG Ning, LIU YuanQing, WANG Bo, LI WeiTuo, SUN GuoPeng
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Improved Body Force Model for Estimating Off-Design Axial Compressor Performance by Jia Huang, Yongzhao Lv, Aiguo Xia, Shengliang Zhang, Wei Tuo, Hongtao Xue, Yantao Sun, Xiuran He
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Circulating succinate-modifying metabolites accurately classify and reflect the status of fumarate hydratase–deficient renal cell carcinoma by Liang Zheng, Zi-Ran Zhu, Tal Sneh, Wei-Tuo Zhang, Zao-Yu Wang, Guang-Yu Wu, Wei He, Hong-Gang Qi, Hang Wang, Xiao-Yu Wu, Jonatan Fernández-García, Ifat Abramovich, Yun-Ze Xu, Jin Zhang, Eyal Gottlieb
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