Karitaimo method - Karitaimo method

...It is said that Kishimo converted to Buddha, became a benevolent deity, and came to be worshipped as Kishimojin. In India, she is worshipped as a deity of fertility, safe childbirth, and child rearing, and in Japan, as esoteric Buddhism became more popular, the Haritimo ritual, with Kishimojin as the principal deity, was performed to pray for the health and prosperity of children, and among the upper classes of aristocrats, when giving birth, they would worship the statue of Haritimo and perform the Haritimo ritual to pray for safe childbirth. The figure is that of a celestial maiden, with a beautiful and voluptuous figure, holding a child in her left hand and a lucky fruit (often a pomegranate) in her right hand. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Haridi Mu Method" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ここにおいて，鬼子母は仏に帰依し善神となり，鬼子母神としてあがめられるようになったという。インドでは，とりわけ子授け･安産･子育ての神としてまつられ，日本でも密教の盛行にともない，小児の息災や福徳を求めて，鬼子母神を本尊とする訶梨帝母法が修せられたり，上層貴族の間では，出産のおり，安産を願って訶梨帝母像をまつり，訶梨帝母法を修している。その形像は，天女像で，左手で懐に一子を抱き，右手に吉祥果（きつしようか）(ザクロが多い)をもつ端麗豊満な姿態。…

※「訶梨帝母法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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