Ususama Myoo - Ususama Myoo

Japanese: 烏蒭沙摩明王 - うすさまみょうおう

A transliteration of the Sanskrit Ucchuṣma, originally referring to the fire god Agni in India. Also written as Ussema, it is also called the Impure Vajra, the Fire-Head Vajra, the Impure (Traced) Vajra, the Unearthed Vajra, and the Touched Vajra. The main faith of this Myo-o with the miraculous power of burning away all impurity and evil is that of a deity who cleanses the dirt of corpses, the place where women give birth, and animal blood, and in Shingon and Zen Buddhism, he is often worshiped as the guardian deity of the toilet, or Tosu. In Esoteric Buddhism, he is also called the Ukusama Henjiyō-nshi (the Law of Changing into a Man), and was believed by the aristocracy as a secret method of changing a girl in the womb into a boy before birth.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

サンスクリットUcchuṣmaの音訳語で，インドでは元来火の神アグニを指した。烏枢瑟摩とも書き，不浄潔金剛，火頭金剛，穢積(迹)金剛，不壌金剛，受触金剛ともいう。いっさいの不浄や悪を焼きつくす霊験のある明王として，死体や婦人の出産所，動物の血の汚れを祓う尊としての信仰が主流で，真言宗や禅宗では東司（とうす）すなわち便所の守護神としてまつられている場合が多い。また密教では烏蒭沙摩変成男子（へんじようなんし）の法と称し，出産前に胎内の女児が変じて男子となる秘法として貴族社会に信仰された。

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