Bhaishajyaguru triad
Buddhist term: the image of the Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyaguru) flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha.
The principal image of this temple is the Bhaishajyaguru triad.
In a Bhaishajyaguru triad statue, the Medicine Buddha is centered, with the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha as attendants.
Refers specifically to the Medicine Buddha alone, while 薬師三尊 denotes the full triad including the two attendant bodhisattvas.
One of the two attendant bodhisattvas in the triad, representing sunlight.
The other attendant bodhisattva, representing moonlight.
From 薬師 (Yakushi, 'Medicine Buddha') + 三尊 (sanzon, 'triad of Buddhist images').