The kanji characters also refer to a Buddhist deity, Daigensui Myō'ō (大元帥明王), a Wisdom King worshipped by the Imperial Court since Emperor Ninmyō and...

Āṭavaka (大元帥明王; Ch. Dàyuánshuài Míngwáng; Jp. Daigensui Myōō or 大元明王, Daigen Myōō) - A yaksha attendant of the deva Vaishravana. Mahāmāyūrī (孔雀明王; Ch. Kǒngquè...

“Great Yakṣa General Āṭavaka”). In East Asia, he is commonly known as 大元帥明王 (Chinese: Dàyuánshuài Míngwáng; Japanese: Daigensui Myōō; lit. "Generalissimo...

The Daigensuihō (大元帥法), or the Great Rite of Āṭavaka, is one of the great rites (大法, daihō) of Esoteric Shingon Buddhism. Its name is also sometimes pronounced...

identification), Taishakuten, and Jizō Bosatsu, in the Hondō; Daigensui Myōō (大元帥明王) in the Daigendō; Bonten, Kudatsu Bosatsu (traditional identification),...