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Lit. Seed syllable mandala. A mandala *mandara ΦδΆ in which the deities are symbolized by seed syllables shuji ν (Sk: bijaksara), or Sanskrit syllables which in Japan are written in a script known as shittan »ά (Sk: siddham). Whereas the daimandara εΦδΆ (great mandala), in which the deities are shown in their physical form, represents the Buddha's mystery of the body, the shuji mandara symbolizes the Buddha's mystery of speech and is considered to correspond to the houmandara @ΦδΆ among the four types of mandara known as *shishu mandara lνΦδΆ . A typical shuji mandara is the tenjirin mandara ]ΦΦδΆ described in the DAINICHIKYOU εϊo (Sk:Vairocanabhisambodhi Sutra/Mahavairocana Sutra). *Kuukai σC (774-835) brought back to Japan a copy of a shuji mandara version of the *Taizoukai mandara Ω EΦδΆ , and because the shuji mandara was easier to produce than a standard mandala depicting the deities in their physical forms, there are many extant examples. The *shiki mandara ~ΦδΆ used in initiation rites may also take the form of a shuji mandara; this is because it is easier to produce than a standard mandala and also more convenient for identifying deities during the rite initiation. | ||||||
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