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Also written ‹ΰ„–ς³–Ύ‰€. Kongouyasha corresponds to Sanskrit vajrayaksa, which is also the name of one of the sixteen great bodhisattvas juuroku daibosatsu \˜Z‘ε•μŽF of the *Kongoukai mandara ‹ΰ„ŠE™ΦδΆ—…. One of the five great myouou *godai myouou Œά‘ε–Ύ‰€, the fierce gods who preside over the five directions. He represents the wrathful manifestation of Fukuujouju •s‹σ¬A, one of the five Buddhas of the Diamond Realm and presides over the northern quarter. In the Tendai “V‘δ sect his position is taken by *Ususama Myouou ‰G•Ή–€–Ύ‰€, but in the Shingon ^ŒΎ sect Kongouyasha and Ususama are clearly differentiated. Blue-black in colour, he is represented with three faces and six arms and standing on a lotus with one leg raised. His central face has five eyes, while the other two faces both have three eyes; his three left hands hold a vajra-bell, bow and wheel, and his three right hands hold a five-pronged vajra, arrow and sword. His rite was believed to be especially efficacious for subduing demons and enemies and for gaining the love and respect of others, but he did not become the object of an independent cult in Japan. Artistic representations of him, both statuary and pictorial, are usually found in sets of the godai myouou, but a polychrome painting of him from the Heian period is preserved at Daigoji ‘ηŒνŽ› in Kyoto, and there is also a mandala *mandara ™ΦδΆ—… dedicated to him, Kongouyasha mandara ‹ΰ„–鍳™ΦδΆ—….
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