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Sanmaya-e @ŽO–†–λ‰ο
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Also read Samaya-e. The second of the nine *mandara ™ΦδΆ—… comprising the *Kue mandara ‹γ‰ο™ΦδΆ—…, where it is positioned below the central Joushin-e ¬g‰ο. It corresponds to the Kongouhimitsu mandara ‹ΰ„”ι–§™ΦδΆ—… (Adamantine Secret Mandara), the second of the six mandara described in Chap. 1 of the KONGOUCHOUKYU ‹ΰ„’ΈŒo (Diamond Peak Sutra ; Sk:Sarvatathagatatattvasamgraha; Taishou Nos. 865, 882), on which the *Kongoukai mandara ‹ΰ„ŠE™ΦδΆ—… is based. Its name derives from the fact that the deities are all represented by means of symbolic objects sanmayagyou ŽO–†–λŒ`, with, for example, the central deity *Dainichi ‘ε“ϊ being represented by a stupa *tou “ƒ, Kongou satta ‹ΰ„ŽF‚½ by a five-pronged vajra *gokosho ŒάŒΨ‹n, and Kongouhou ‹ΰ„–@ (Sk:Vajradharma) by a lotus on top of a single-pronged vajra *tokkosho “ΖŒΨ‹n. It is known that *Kuukai ‹σŠC (774-835) brought back with him a copy of a Kongokai sanmaya mandara ‹ΰ„ŠEŽO–†–λ™ΦδΆ—… executed in line drawing *hakubyou ”’•` on white feltlike cloth, but because the Kue mandara became the most widely used form of the Kongoukai mandara, there are virtually no examples of independent versions of the Sanmaya-e. See *sanmaya mandara ŽO–†–λ™ΦδΆ—….
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