Daigensui Myoo - Daigensui Myoo

Japanese: 大元帥明王 - だいげんみょうおう

(Daigensui is a translation of Āṭavaka. For example, the character sui is not pronounced.) One of the Sixteen Yaksha Generals. Accompanied by two children and the Four Heavenly Kings, he is a god who protects the nation and removes all difficulties. His statue has four faces and eight arms or eighteen faces and thirty-six arms, and is depicted in an extremely evil , wrathful form, with snakes entwined around his hands and feet, a sword or a halberd , and is engulfed in flames. He is the principal image in esoteric Buddhist rituals that pray for the protection of the nation. Daigensui (Daigen) . [Iroha Jiruisho (Kamakura)]

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Japanese:

(大元帥はĀṭavaka の訳語。「帥」の字は発音しないのを例とする) 十六夜叉大将の一つ。二童子・四天王などを従え、国家を鎮護し諸難を除く神。その像は四面八臂(はっぴ)ないし一八面三六臂で極悪の忿怒形(ふんぬぎょう)にあらわされ、手足に蛇をからませ、刀、戟(げき)などを持ち、火炎に包まれる。国家鎮護を祈る密教修法の本尊。大元帥(だいげん)。〔伊呂波字類抄（鎌倉）〕

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