Kurikara

Japanese: 俱梨迦羅 - くりから
Kurikara
The original word is unclear, but it is generally thought to be the Sanskrit kulika. In the ancient Indian epic poem, the Mahabharata, Kulika is one of the eight great dragon kings, and is said to have a dark brown body. In esoteric Buddhist scriptures, it is interpreted as a black dragon and is called the Kurikara dragon (king). A form of an upright sword with a black dragon wrapped around it is widely used as the sama-yagyou form (a form shown by the possessions, etc.) of Acala. Images such as the Kurikara crest are all derived from the fact that they are modeled after the shape of a black dragon.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
この語の原語は明らかではないが,一般にサンスクリットのkulikaと考えられている。このクリカは古代インド叙事詩《マハーバーラタ》では八大竜王の一で,暗褐色の体をもつとされている。密教の仏典では黒竜の意味に解され,俱梨迦羅竜(王)と呼ばれている。不動明王の三摩耶形(さんまやぎよう)(持物(じもつ)などによって示した形)として,直立の剣に黒竜がまつわりついた形がひろく用いられている。俱梨迦羅紋(くりからもん)などと言われている図像は,すべて黒竜の姿をかたどるところからきている。

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