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    crowns (makuṭa). In China, Vajrapāni, known as the "vajra-holding god" (金剛 Zhíjīngāng shén), is widely venerated in his dual manifestation as the "vajra...
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    are seen as manifestations of Vajrapāni (Traditional Chinese: 金剛; simplified Chinese: 执金刚; pinyin: Zhíjīngāng shén; Japanese: Shūkongōshin; Korean: Jip...
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  • Kaidandō)] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 April 2012. 塑造金剛立像(法華堂安置) [Standing clay statue of Shukongōshin (enshrined at the Hokkedō)]...
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    "Narayana" (Buddha's warrior attendant) or "Yaksha Deity" (夜叉) or "Zhi Jin Gang" (执金刚; 金剛) in Chinese. The Vajra originally refers to the short metal...
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    Kaidan HallKaidan Hall (戒壇堂, kaidan-dō), Tōdai-ji, Nara, Nara Shukongōshin (塑造金剛立像, sozō shukongōshin ryūzō) Mentioned in the Nihon Ryōiki as the statue which...
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    warrior attendant. They may also be known as the "Yakasha Deity" (夜叉) or "Zhijingang" (金剛). Vajra originally refers to the short metal weapon of the King...
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    摩訶迦羅 梵語也。唐云大黒天也。有大神力,壽無量千歳,八臂身青黒雲色,二手懷中横把一三戟叉,右第二手捉一青羖羊,左第二手捉一餓鬼頭髻,右第三手把劔, 左第三手朅吒𠕀迦(梵語也。是一髑髏幢也。)後二手各於肩上共張一白象皮如披勢,以毒虵貫穿髑髏以爲瓔珞,虎牙上出作大忿怒形,雷電煙火以爲威光身形極大,足下有一地女天,以兩手承足者也。...
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    其像三面。當前正面作慈悲凞怡貌。右邊作師子面。左邊作猪面。 首戴寶冠。冠中有化無量壽佛。 又有四臂。右第一臂杖。第二臂把蓮花。左第一輪。左第二螺。 以虎皮為裙。以黑鹿皮於左膊角絡。被黑蛇以為線。 於八葉蓮花上立。瓔珞臂釧鐶珮光焰莊嚴其身。其線從左膊角絡下。 "Next, I shall explain here the...
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  • "Knife Wielding Demon" (操刀鬼) Song Wan (宋萬), nicknamed "Giant in the Clouds" (雲裡金剛) Du Qian (杜遷), nicknamed "Touching the Sky" (摸著天) Xue Yong (薛永), nicknamed...
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