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Sk: ratnapeta. Lit. a box for treasures. The
treasures referred to are sutras. As a *jimotsu
¨ (hand-held attribute for Buddhist images), the houkyou may be
held by the bodhisattva *Monju
Άκ, although, instead of the box, he often holds a sutra roll houkyou
σΎ. *Senju Kannon ηθΟΉ
(Thousand-armed Kannon) may also hold a houkyou as an attribute. According
to the *KAKUZENSHOU
oTηβ, an iconographic manual written by priest Kakuzen oT (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
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
o is more commonly used when referring to an actual box for sutras and
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