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Abbreviation of Tenryuu hachibushuu “V—³”ͺ•”O. Eight classes of Indian deities who were converted by *Shaka Žί‰ή and came to be considered protectors of the Dharma. They appear in many texts, including the Lotus Sutra HOKEKYOU –@‰ΨŒo, and are named as follows: *ten “V (Sk; deva), Ryuuou —΄‰€ (Sk; Naga, see *ryuu —΄), *Yasha –鍳 (Sk; Yaksa), *Kendatsuba Š£θ’”k (Sk; Gandharva), *Ashura ˆ’C—… (Sk; Asura), *Karura ‰ή˜O—… (Sk; Garuda), Kinnara ‹Ω“ί—… (Sk; Kimnara), and Magoraga –€‚²—…‰Ύ (Sk; Mahoraga). The names are not fixed, and an individual deity may sometimes represent their class. The most famous set in Japan was made of dry lacquer in 734 and once accompanied an image of Shaka. There is also a set of sculptures of Shaka's disciples in Koufukuji ‹»•ŸŽ›, Nara. Temple tradition gives their names as Gobujou Œά•”ς for the ten, Shagara or Sakara ΉγΉ—… for the ryuu, Kubanda ”΅žΟδΆ for the Yasha, Kendatsuba, Ashura, Kinnara, and Hibakara •L”k‰ή—…, probably for the Magoraga. The hachibushuu usually appear amidst groups, such as the group of figures surrounding Shaka in paintings of his death *nehan-zu ŸΈžΟ}. They were shown as a distinct group only in the Nara period.
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