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Rishukyou mandara@οoΦδΆ | ||||||
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A mandala *mandara
ΦδΆ
symbolizing the doctrines of the RISHUKYOU οo (Sk: Prajnaparamitanaya-sutra:
Sutra of the Principle of the Perfection of Wisdom). The RISHUKYOU
consists of seventeen sections juushichidan \΅i, and the seventeen mandara
symbolizing the doctrines of each of these seventeen sections are collectively
known as the Juushichidan mandara \΅iΦδΆ
; there is also an eighteen-assembly mandala Rishukyou juuhachi-e mandara οo\ͺοΦδΆ
in which a setsu-e
mandara ΰοΦδΆ
, depicting the scene when the RISHUKYOU was expounded,
has been added. Among the 18 mandara comprising this assembly, the second Tairaku mandara εyΦδΆ
(Mandala of Great Bliss) is
the most important, and it was modified to conform with the principles of the
*Kongoukai mandara ΰEΦδΆ
and incorporated into the *Kue mandara
γοΦδΆ
as the Rishu-e οο. If Kongousatta ΰF, the central deity of the Rishu-e, is changed to *Aizen
Myouou €υΎ€, this same mandara becomes the *Aizen
mandara €υΦδΆ
. In addition, the ninth mandara Nyuudairin mandara όεΦΦδΆ
(Mandala for Entering the Great Circle) was used separately
as the mandara of Dairin Myouou εΦΎ€, while the eighteenth Jinpi mandara [ιΦδΆ
(Mandala of Profound Secrets) was used as the Gohimitsu mandara
άι§ΦδΆ
(Mandala of the Five Secrets), but there are few independent
examples of any of the other eighteen mandara, and they were not widely
used. The Rishukyou juuhachi-e mandara was introduced from China to Japan by Ennin ~m (794-864) and Shuuei @b (809-884). Later Genkaku ΅o (also known as Gonkaku, 1056-1121), Kouzen »R (also known as Kounen, 1120-1203), Douhou Ήσ (1214-81) and others produced variant forms of the Rishukyou mandara by incorporating the doctrines of the RISHUSHAKUKYOU οίo (a commentary on the RISHU-KYOU) and KONGOUCHOUKYOU ΰΈo (Diamond Peak Sutra; Sk:Sarvatathagatatattvasamgraha). There is also a xylograph version of the Juushichidan mandara at Fudaraku-in βΙ@, Mt. Kouya μ, Wakayama prefecture. |
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