19 Signs

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19 Characteristic Signs of Fudo Myo-O

不動十九観 / 不動十九相観
Fudoo Juukyuu Sansoo
Fudo Jukyu Sanso

Just as Buddha Shakyamuni has 32 characteristic signs, Fudo Myo-O has 19.
They are described in documents of the Tendai sect like the following:

1 He is an incarnation of Dainichi Nyorai.
2 His Mantra has the four letters : a ro kan man .
3 He usually lives in a world of fire.
4 He has the figure of a fat young man, rather unpleasant.
5 He has seven knots in his hair and a lotus blossom on top of them.

6 On his left shoulder a plait of hair hangs down.
7 The wrinkles on his forehead look like water waves.
8 The left eye is closed, the right one wide open. - eyes
9 He bites his right upper lip with the lower teeth and his left lip protrudes.
10 He has his mouth shut strictly.

11 He carries a three-pronged sword in his right hand.
12 He carries a rope in his left hand.
13 He eats the leftover food of ascetic monks.
14 He stands or sits on a throne of stone.
15 His body color is of an unpleasant black-blue-green.

16 His look is fierce and threatening.
17 He has a fiery Garuda bird on his halo.
18 A Kurikara Dragon is wrapped around his sword.
19 He has two child acolytes by his side.


05 - 06 . kami 髪 his hairstyle .
shichi shakei 七沙髻 / benpatsu 一弁髪

07 . suiha 水波相 wrinkles on his forehead .

08 . tenchigan 天地眼 "eyes of heaven and earth" .

09 . kiba 牙 the teeth of Fudo .

11 . gooma riken 降魔利剣 demon-subjugating sharp sword .

12 . kensaku, kenjaku 羂索 rope, lariat, noose .

14 . daiza 台座 seat, throne .

17 . koohai, kōhai 光背 mandorla, halo, Nimbus.

18 . Kurikara sword 倶利伽羅不動剣 .

19 . Sanjuuroku Dooji 三十六童子 36 Attendants .
Kongara 矜迦羅童子（こんがらどうじ）、
Seitaka 制迦童子（せいたかどうじ）

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天台僧 安然が、「不動立印儀軌修行次第」により不動明王を想い従うために唱えたもの

（１）大日如来の化身
（２）真言中に、ア・ロ・カン・マンの４字がある
（３）常に火生三昧（かしょうざんまい）に住んでいる
（４）肥満した童子の姿で、卑しい
（５）頭頂に七沙髻があり、蓮華をのせている

（６）左肩に一弁髪を垂らす benpatsu
（７）額に水波（すいは）のようなしわがある suiha
（８）左の目を閉じ右の目を開いている
（９）下の歯で右上の唇を噛み、左下の唇の外へ出している
（10）口を硬く閉じている

（11）右手に三鈷剣を持っている
（12）左手に羂索を持っている
（13）行者の残食を食べる
（14）大磐石の上に安座している
（15）色が醜く青黒

（16）奮迅して憤怒している
（17）光背に迦楼羅炎（かるらえん）がある
（18）倶力迦羅竜が剣にまとわりついている
（19）両脇に２童子が侍している
source : www.kyototsuu.jp



Buddha Shakyamuni
Signs of a Great Man 32 and 80

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. Ganjoojuin 願成就院 Ganjoju- In, Shizuoka .

The statue of Fudo was carved according to the
19 Characteristic Signs of Fudo Myo-O.

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