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Amoghapasa ( IAST : Amoghapāśa ) is a bodhisattva and one of the manifestations or forms of Avalokiteśvara (also Lokeshvara ), who can take on a feminine or masculine aspect. His name in Sanskrit means “he who has the unshakable cord (amoghapasha)” ; this lace which he generally holds in one hand represents his power to fish out lost beings far from the path. Its Chinese name is Bukongjuansuo Guanyin不空羂索觀音, Japanese Fukūkensaku Kannon [1] . This name literally means Amoghapāśa-avalokiteśvara .
The oldest known text mentioning him is Amoghapasha hridaya sutra translated into Chinese by Jnanagupta in 587, which became the first chapter of a work describing the various rituals concerning him, Amoghapasha kalparaja . Its first known figures date from the VIII century. century . He is most often represented with four, six or eight arms, and sometimes four servants including Tara and Hayagriva [2] .
At the Kasuga-taisha shrine in Nara, he is said to be the same as the Shinto god of martial arts Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto, probably because he wears a deer skin which was the god's mount in Nara. [3]
Equivalents[change | change source]
Kasuga no Kami has five components each of which has a corresponding Buddha.[4]
| Shrine facility | Shinto part | Buddhist part |
|---|---|---|
| first hall[5] | Takemikazuchi-o | Amoghapasa[6] |
| second hall[5] | Futsunushi | Bhaisajyaguru |
| third hall[5] | Ame no Koyane | Kṣitigarbha |
| fourth hall[5] | Himegami | Ekādaśamukha |
| Wakamiya Shrine[7][8] | Ame-no-Oshikumone | Manjushri or Avalokiteśvara.[9] |
Notes and references[change | change source]
- ↑ aussi Fukūkenjaku Kannon
- ↑ J A Schoterman Ancient Indonesian Sculpture, Marijke J. Klokke &Pauline C. M. Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 154-157
- ↑ Allan G. Grapard The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History, University of California press p. 82-83
- ↑ Ten Grotenhuis, Elizabeth (1999). Japanese mandalas : representations of sacred geography. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0824820002. OCLC 39181008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Main Sanctuary". www.kasugataisha.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/1808/17426/1/Fowler.pdf
- ↑ https://www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/common/001559851.pdf
- ↑ "Wakamiya Shrine | Search Details". Japan Tourism Agency,Japan Tourism Agency. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ↑ Giolai, Andrea (2020-09-22). "Encounters with the Past: Fractals and Atmospheres at Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri". Journal of Religion in Japan. 9 (1–3): 213–247. doi:10.1163/22118349-00901002. ISSN 2211-8349.