The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (859 page)

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Gobutsu
(Jap., ‘five buddhas’). The five buddhas, distributed in the two
ma
alas
, of Japanese esoteric Buddhism. They are
Dainichi
in the centre, with, in the Diamond Realm mandala: Ashuku (east), H
sh
(south),
Amida
(west), Fuk
j
ju (north); and in the Matrix Realm mandala: H
d
(E.), Kaifuke
(S.), Mury
ju (W.), Tenkuraion (N.).

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