Circle Mandala

Japanese: 円曼荼羅 - えんまんだら
Circle Mandala

...The Shaka Golden Wheel emerges from the top of the Buddha's head, and he sits in a lotus position on the central Mount Sumeru with the golden wheel on his lap in both hands. In the second sanctuary there is a concentric circular mandala with the twelve zodiac signs and in the third sanctuary there is a multi-layered square mandala. Two versions of the Buddhist painting from the late Heian period are known: the circular version at Horyuji Temple in Nara and the square version at Kumeda-dera Temple in Osaka....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Circle Mandala" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…釈迦金輪は釈迦仏の仏頂より出現し,中央須弥山(しゆみせん)上に結跏趺坐(けつかふざ)して両手で膝上に金輪をとる。第二院に十二宮,第三院に二十八宿をめぐらす同心円的な円曼荼羅と,重郭的な方曼荼羅とがある。平安時代末の仏画に奈良法隆寺本(円)と大阪久米田寺本(方)とが知られる。…

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