noun
Bhaishajyaguru triad
Buddhist term: the image of the Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyaguru) flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha.
この寺の本尊は薬師三尊です。
The principal image of this temple is the Bhaishajyaguru triad.
薬師三尊像は、薬師如来を中心に日光菩薩と月光菩薩が脇侍として配置される。
In a Bhaishajyaguru triad statue, the Medicine Buddha is centered, with the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha as attendants.
From 薬師 (Yakushi, 'Medicine Buddha') + 三尊 (sanzon, 'triad of Buddhist images').