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Sk: ratnapeta. Lit. a box for treasures. The treasures referred to are sutras. As a *jimotsu Ž•¨ (hand-held attribute for Buddhist images), the houkyou may be held by the bodhisattva *Monju •ΆŽκ, although, instead of the box, he often holds a sutra roll houkyou •σ‹Ύ. *Senju Kannon ηŽθŠΟ‰Ή (Thousand-armed Kannon) may also hold a houkyou as an attribute. According to the *KAKUZENSHOU Šo‘Tηβ, an iconographic manual written by priest Kakuzen Šo‘T (1143-1213), the houkyou as an attribute of the Thousand-armed Kannon symbolizes the repose of the soul. Similar to the houkyou, the term *bonkyou žβΈ is used for ancient Indian sutras that were written on long narrow tala leaves and tied together between boards. The bonkyou is also found as an attribute of Kannon and Monju. The term *kyoubako Œo”  is more commonly used when referring to an actual box for sutras and not a hand-held attribute.
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