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<p>The <b>Twenty-Four Protective Deities</b> or the <b>Twenty-Four Devas</b> , sometimes reduced to the <b>Twenty Protective Deities</b> or the <b>Twenty Devas</b> , are a group of <a href="page.php?w=dharmapala">dharmapala</a>s in <a href="page.php?w=Chinese_Buddhism">Chinese Buddhism</a> who are venerated as defenders of the Buddhist <a href="page.php?w=dharma">dharma</a>. The group mostly consists of devas, naga kings, vajra-holders and other beings mentioned in Buddhist sutras, as well as a few adapted from the <a href="page.php?w=Taoism">Taoist</a></p><p>
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