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Kaushika

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Kaushika
憍尸迦 (Skt; Jpn Kyoshika)

    The name of the god Shakra, or Indra, when he was once a Brahman, according to The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom. Buddhist scriptures often refer to Shakra as Kaushika.

See Shakra.

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