Wide-Eyed ［広目天］ ( Virūpāksha; Kōmoku-ten): One of the four heavenly kings of Buddhist mythology. This god is said to live halfway up the western side of Mount Sumeru and protect the western quarter. With his divine eyesight, he discerns evil, punishes evildoers, and causes them to aspire for Buddhahood. Wide-Eyed is also known as the lord of nāga (dragons) and spirits called pūtana. Though the Sanskrit name Virūpāksha was rendered in Chinese as “wide-eyed,” it more literally means irregular-, abnormal-, or many-eyed. In Hindu mythology, Virūpāksha is an epithet for the three-eyed god, Shiva.