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Aizen mandara@ˆ€υ™ΦδΆ—…
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A variety of *besson mandara •Κ‘Έ™ΦδΆ—…, or *mandara ™ΦδΆ—… centered on one particular deity, besson •Κ‘Έ, in this case centered on *Aizen Myouou ˆ€υ–Ύ‰€. There are several varieties of Aizen mandara, but the most common type is that consisting of seventeen deities. Aizen Myouou appears at the center surrounded in the four cardinal and four intermediate directions by the four bodhisattvas *bosatsu •μŽF, --Yoku —~ (Sk: Vajramanodbhava), Soku G (Sk: Vajrakelikila), Ai ˆ€ (Sk: Vajranismara) and Man – (Sk: Vajragarva)--and their consorts, while the four guardian bodhisattvas, shishou bosatsu ŽlΫ•μŽF, and the four outer offering bodhisattvas (Incense, Flower, Lamp, and Perfume) appear in the outer enclosure. This is identical to the Rishu-e —Žο‰ο of the *Kue mandara ‹γ‰ο™ΦδΆ—…, except for the fact that the central deity has been changed from kongou satta ‹ΰ„ŽF‚½ to Aizen Myouou. A representative example of this type of Aizen mandara is one kept at the Nezu ͺ’Γ Art Museum in Tokyo. In the version preserved at Daigoji ‘ηŒνŽ› in Kyoto, the two enclosures have been increased to three enclosures, whereas in the seventeen-deity version kept at Zuishin-in S‰@ in Kyoto (an important cultural property), the disposition of the deities differs somewhat from the above two versions, based on the KONGOUOU BOSATSU HIMITSU NENJU GIKI ‹ΰ„‰€•μŽF”ι–§”Oζu‹V‹O. In contrast, the arrangement of the deities in the version kept at Taizanji ‘ΎŽRŽ› in Hyougo prefecture differs completely from the above seventeen-deity varieties: the central enclosure contains the four *myouou –Ύ‰€ / *Gousanze Myouou ~ŽO’–Ύ‰€, *Gundari Myouou ŒRδΆ—˜–Ύ‰€, *Daiitoku Myouou ‘εˆΠ“Ώ–Ύ‰€, and *Kongouyasha Myouou ‹ΰ„–鍳–Ύ‰€ / and four youthful attendants *douji “ΆŽq, while the outer enclosure contains the twelve guardian deities *juuniten \“ρ“V. Iconographical manuals mention several other types of Aizen mandara, but polychrome examples of these have yet to be discovered .
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