阿あ弥み陀だ三さん尊ぞん

noun

Amitabha triad

Buddhist iconographic term: the central Amitabha Buddha flanked by the bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara (Kannon) and Mahasthamaprapta (Seishi). Used in descriptions of Pure Land Buddhist art and doctrine.

• 阿あ弥み陀だ三さん尊ぞんは、阿あ弥み陀だ如にょ来らいを中ちゅう心しんに、左ひだりに観かん音のん菩ぼ薩さつ、右みぎに勢せい至し菩ぼ薩さつを配はいした三さん尊ぞん形けい式しきである。

  The Amitabha triad is a three-figure arrangement with Amitabha Tathagata at the center, flanked by Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva on the left and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva on the right.