Four prominent wealth-deities in Tibetan Buddhism
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•Vaiśravaṇa (Tib. Rnamthossras), one of the heavenly kings, protector king of the north (wealth corner of the house);
his identity as a wealth god is attributed to his consort,
the princess of a nāgaking brought the norbusamphel (nor bubsam’phel);
•Jambhala (Skt. Kubera; Tib. Dzambhala), equivalent of Plutos, the Greek god of wealth;
•Mahākāla(Skt: Ṣadbhūjasītamahākāla; Tib. Mgonpoyid bzhinnor bu),
white six-armed Mahākāla, the wish-granting protector; a popular deity especially among the Gelugpa school;
•Guru UrgyenNorlha (Tib. Blama u rgyannor lha), a manifestation of Padmasambhava;