Essay name: Buddhist iconography in and outside India (Study)
Author:
Purabi Gangopadhyay
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture
This work aims to systematically present the development and expansion of Mahayana-Vajrayana Buddhist iconography from India to other countries, such as China, Korea, and Japan. This study includes a historical account of Indian Buddhist iconography and the integration of Brahmanical gods into the Mahayana-Vajrayana phase.
Chapter 4: Japanese Buddhist Iconography (a Comparative Study)
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said views :
According to a collection (13th century) concerning
Prince Sh艒toku, the arrangements of the various Buddhas in
their respective paradise were depicted as follows :
1) Eastern Eural - Yakushi
(叠丑补颈峁箩测补驳耻谤耻)
2) Western Mural - Amida
(Amitabha)
North-eastern - Shaka
3)
Mural
(艢补办测补尘耻苍颈)
4) North-western - Miroku
Mural
(Maitreya)
贬艒蝉丑艒
(Ratnasambhava)
Amida
(Amitabha)
Yakushi
(叠丑补颈峁箩测补驳耻谤耻)
Shaka
(艢补办测补尘耻苍颈)
According to the Suvar峁嘺prabh膩sa s奴tra the deities
on the walls should have been as under
1) Eastern Mural
2) Western Mural
Ashuku (Ak 峁bhya)
3) North-eastern Mural
4) North-western Mural
Amida (Amitabha)
贬艒蝉丑艒 (Ratnasambhava)
Minyosho (?)
There is yet another view. Different sects of the
H艒ry奴-ji temple describe the deities on the walls as -
1) Shaka (艣膩kyamuni) on the Eastern Wall
2) Amida (Ami峁乥ha) on the Western Wall
3) Yakushi (叠丑补颈峁箩测补驳耻谤耻) on the Western Wall
4) Miroku (Maitreya) on the North Western Wall.'
1. PJA (P), p. 16
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