This is the combination of principal Bosatsu, picked up from many Bosatsu depicted in Ryokai-mandala (Vajradhatumandala), which is valued by Esoteric Buddhism, but there is no prominent work other than the statues at To-ji Temple in Kyoto City, as mentioned below. |
密教において重視される両界曼荼羅(こんごうかいまんだら)に登場する数多い菩薩のうち主要なものを組み合わせたものであるが、以下に述べる京都市・東寺の像以外には顕著な作例を見ない。 |