The origin of most of them are deities of Brahmanism in ancient India and later on, they were introduced in Buddhism and became Goho Zenshin (good deities protecting dharma), guardian deities of Buddhism.
ほとんどは、古代インドのバラモン教の神々が仏教に取り入れられ、仏教の守護神である護法善神となったものである。