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kenjaku 羂索 | ||||||
KEY WORD : art history / sculptures | ||||||
Also read kensaku, kenzaku; also saku
索. A rope, made from five different coloured strands (blue, yellow, red, black
and white). It often has a metal ring at one end, and one or more prongs, like
a *kongousho 金剛杵, at the other.
Found as an attribute *jimotsu
持物 held by Buddhist deities including *Fudou Myouou 不動明王, *Fukuukenjaku
Kannon 不空羂索観音, Kongousaku bosatsu 金剛索菩薩 and *Senju
Kannon 千手観音. In ancient India the kenjaku was used as a snare to capture
animals, and it was adopted by Buddhism as a symbol of the salvation of mankind.
A good example of a figure holding a kenjaku is the Fudou Myouou in Henjouji
遍照寺 (10-12c), Kyoto. |
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