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Goddess of the Arts. A minor Buddhist deity revered in Japan as patroness of the arts. According to the GIGEI TENNYO NENJUHO ‹ZŒ|“V—”Oęu–@, she was born from the hairline of *Daijizaiten ‘厩Ż“V (Sk; Mahesvara) while he was playing music, whence she is also known as Daijizaitennyo ‘厩Ż“V— or Makeishura choushou tennyo –€ēĻŽń—…’ø¶“V— (goddness born from the crown of Mahesvara). She is described in literature as holding celestial flowers in her raised left hand, and the hem of her robes with her right hand. However the renowned sculpture at Akishinodera HŽĀŽ› in Nara, with a dry lacquer head dating from the Nara period attached to a wooden carved body dating from the Kamakura period, takes the form of a bodhisattva *bosatsu •ģŽF, with the right hand raised and the left hand fingering her robes. Some scholars do question whether this figure actually represents Gigeiten at all.
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