noun
Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad
Buddhist iconographic term for a central image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendant figures, often bodhisattvas or disciples.
この寺の本尊は釈迦三尊です。
The principal image of this temple is a Shakyamuni triad.
釈迦三尊像は、中央に釈迦如来、左右に文殊菩薩と普賢菩薩を配することが多い。
A Shakyamuni triad statue often places Shakyamuni Tathagata in the center, with Manjusri and Samantabhadra bodhisattvas on the left and right.
Compound of 釈迦 (Shaka, 'Shakyamuni') and 三尊 (sanzon, 'triad of Buddhist images').