三昧耶形さんまやぎょう

noun

samaya form; symbolic object of a buddha's vow

Buddhist term referring to a symbolic object or shape that represents a buddha or bodhisattva's vow to save all beings. Often depicted in mandalas or held by deities.

• 大だい日にち如にょ来らいの三さん昧ま耶や形ぎょうは宝ほう塔とうである。

  The samaya form of Dainichi Nyorai is a jeweled stupa.

• 曼まん荼だ羅らには多おおくの仏ほとけの三さん昧ま耶や形ぎょうが描えがかれている。

  Many buddhas' samaya forms are depicted in the mandala.