Nomenclature
The Kings are collectively named as follows.
| Language | Written form | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanskrit | चतुर्महाराज | caturmahārāja | Four Kings |
| Lokapāla | Guardians of the world | ||
| Sinhala | සතරවරම් දෙවිවරු | Satharawaram Dewi | Four Privileged/Bestowed Gods |
| Burmese | စတုလောကပါလ စတုမဟာရာဇ်နတ် |
Four worldly guardians Four Great King Nats |
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| Chinese | 天王 | Tiānwáng | Heavenly kings |
| 四天王 | Sì Tiānwáng | Four heavenly kings | |
| 四大天王 | Sì Da Tiānwáng | Four great heavenly kings | |
| Korean | 천왕 | Cheonwang | Heavenly kings |
| 사천왕 | Sacheonwang | Four heavenly kings | |
| 사대천왕 | Sadae Cheonwang | Four great heavenly kings | |
| Japanese | 四天王 | Shitennō | Four heavenly kings |
| Vietnamese | 四天王 | Tứ Thiên Vương | Four heavenly kings |
| Tibetan | རྒྱལ༌ཆེན༌བཞི༌ | rgyal chen bzhi | Four great kings |
| Mongolian | Махаранз | maharanja | (Four) Great kings |
| Thai | จาตุมหาราชา | chatumaharaja | Four great kings |
| จาตุโลกบาล | chatulokkaban | Four Guardians of the world |
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