Yellow Child

…There are two sutras that explain Vajrayana only, the Kongochi translation and the Amoghavajra translation, the former of which describes a yellow-bodied, two-armed statue, and the latter of which describes a blue-bodied, six-armed statue. These are also called Yellow and Blue, and it is said that Yellow is used mainly in Taimitsu and Blue is used mainly in Eastern Mitaka. The two-armed statue has its left hand, holding a sannyas (sanko), raised high, and its right hand stretched out and lowered in the fearlessness mudra. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Huang Dozi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…金剛童子を単独で説いた経典は，金剛智訳と不空訳の2種があり，前者には黄色身の二臂（にひ）像，後者には青色身の六臂像が述べられている。これらは黄童子，青童子ともいわれ，黄童子は主として台密において，青童子は主として東密において用いられると伝える。二臂像は三鈷（さんこ）を持つ左手を高く振り上げ，右手は伸ばして下げ施無畏（せむい）印とする。…

※「黄童子」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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