(Edo period, 17th century, Ninna-ji Temple) Recorded as one of the 28 Tenryu deities.
He is a combative deity, as can be seen in the phrases "field of asura" and "alley of asura".
The Ashura statue at Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara is a three-faced, six-armed, innocent, red-faced boy-like statue, and is holding nothing but his hands in prayer, and his unusually long hands seem to be supporting something in the void, and the sutras say that he is trying to contain all things in space.
He also looks as if he is trying to support all living beings. He holds up a sun wheel (fire kahatei po-tei) in his left hand and a moon wheel (water suihatei po-tei) in his right hand.
The hands in prayer in front are also called gassho-renge (hand mudra) and represent the shape of a lotus flower that has not yet opened.
(Edo period, 17th century, Ninna-ji Temple) Recorded as one of the 28 Tenryu deities.
He is a combative deity, as can be seen in the phrases "field of asura" and "alley of asura".
The Ashura statue at Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara is a three-faced, six-armed, innocent, red-faced boy-like statue, and is holding nothing but his hands in prayer, and his unusually long hands seem to be supporting something in the void, and the sutras say that he is trying to contain all things in space.
He also looks as if he is trying to support all living beings. He holds up a sun wheel (fire kahatei po-tei) in his left hand and a moon wheel (water suihatei po-tei) in his right hand.
The hands in prayer in front are also called gassho-renge (hand mudra) and represent the shape of a lotus flower that has not yet opened.