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Gundari Myouou@ŒRδΆ—˜–Ύ‰€
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Also Kanro Gundari ŠΓ˜IŒRδΆ—˜ (Sk: Amrtakundalin); also known as Kirikiri Myouou ‹g—’‹g—’–Ύ‰€. One of the five great myouou *godai myouou Œά‘ε–Ύ‰€, the fierce deities who preside over the five directions. He represents the wrathful manifestation of Houshou •σΆ, one of the Five Buddhas of the Diamond world, Kongoukai gobutsu ‹ΰ„ŠEŒά•§ and presides over the southern quarter. His name Gundari is a transliteration of Sanskrit Kundali, and the origins of his cult are generally thought to lie in the Hindu cult of kundalin, a form of latent spiritual energy envisioned in the form of a snake coiled at the base of the spine. He is believed to be especially efficacious in the removal of obstacles to ones spiritual or physical progress, and he is invoked in many rites in the Shingon ^ŒΎ sect. He is described in texts as having either one face and eight arms or four faces and four arms, but he is usually represented in the one-faced and eight-armed form. The objects held in his hands may vary, but he invariably has snakes coiled around his neck, waist, wrists and ankles, and he stands on a lotus with one leg raised. Artistic representations of him, both statuary and pictorial, are usually found in sets of the godai myouou but there are also many examples of independent wooden images (e.g., Daikakuji ‘εŠoŽ› and Enryakuji ‰„—οŽ› in Kyoto, Konshouji ‹ΰŸŽ› in Shiga prefecture, and Jourakuin νŠy‰@ in Saitama preference). He also appears with two arms in the *Taizoukai mandara ‘Ω‘ ŠE™ΦδΆ—… as Kongou Gundari ‹ΰ„ŒRδΆ—˜ (Sk: Vajrakundalin) in the Soshitsuji-in ‘hŽ»’n‰@ and Kongoushu-in ‹ΰ„Žθ‰@ and as Renge Gundari ˜@‰ΨŒRδΆ—˜ (Sk: Padmakundalin) in the Kannon-in ŠΟ‰Ή‰@.
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