This means that the Hindu custom of setting evil deities as guardians and Goho zenjin (good deities protecting dharma) after such evil deities became believers of Buddhism was also conducted in the same manner in the Japanese environment. |
すなわちヒンドゥー教での悪神が仏教に帰依した後に守護神・護法善神とされた風習が、日本の風土でも同じくされたものである。 |