Flame Light

Japanese: 火焰光 - かえんこう
Flame Light

… The head lights seen on Japanese statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Tenbu Myoo can be broadly divided into six types: Enso light, halo light, jewel light, wheel and karma light, striated light, and flame light (Figure 2). Even just taking Enso light as an example, the light aspect is expressed in various ways, with overlapping circle patterns, radiating light patterns, comb patterns, flowing water patterns, lotus patterns, and so on, all placed within the circle. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Flame Light" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 日本の仏菩薩,天部明王像などにみられる頭光は次の6種に大別される。円相光,輪光,宝珠光,輪宝羯磨(かつま)光,筋光,火焰光(図2)。このうち円相光を例にとってみても,円相内に重圏文,放射光文,櫛目文,流水文,蓮華文などを作って光明相をさまざまな形で表現している。…

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