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Kichijouten mandara 吉祥天曼荼羅 | ||||||
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Also
read Kisshouten mandara. A variety of dedicated mandala *besson
mandara 別尊曼荼羅, centered on the goddess *Kichijouten 吉祥天. She is depicted flanked on the left and right by *Bonten 梵天 and *Taishakuten 帝釈天, while a six-tusked white elephant holding an agate jar with its trunk is
shown causing jewels to rain down from above. A polychrome example is kept at
the MOA Museum (Shizuoka prefecture.; formerly in the possession of Kanchi-in
観智院, Kyoto). |
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