Nine Congregation Mandala

Japanese: 九会曼荼羅 - くえまんだら
Nine Congregation Mandala
〘Noun〙 ("Kai" means mandala) A Buddhist term. One of the two mandalas. Refers to the Vajrayana Mandala. Of the 128 mandalas described in the Vajrayana Sutra, nine were selected and drawn on a single piece of paper or cloth. The nine are: Shoshin-e or Konpon-e, Sammaya-e, Hiwa-e, Kuyo-e, Shiin-e, Ichi-in-e, Rishu-e, Gosanze-Karma-e, and Gosanze-Samaya-e. There are a total of 1,461 statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other deities drawn in the nine assemblies. The Nine Assembly Mandalas of the Vajrayana. *Noh play, Ataka (around 1516), "The Persimmon Suzukake of the Nine Assembly Mandalas "

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「会」は曼荼羅の意) 仏語。両部曼荼羅の一つ。金剛界曼荼羅のこと。金剛頂経に説かれる一二八の曼荼羅中、九つを選んで一枚の紙や布に描いたもの。成身会または根本会、三昧耶会、微細会、供養会、四印会、一印会、理趣会、降三世羯磨会、降三世三昧耶会の九。九会に描かれる仏、菩薩などの尊像は合計一四六一。金剛界九会曼荼羅。※謡曲・安宅(1516頃)「九会曼荼羅の柿の篠懸(すずかけ)

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