Rāgarāja

The other two are special arrangements: one made by Enchin, fourth Tendai patriarch; the other is a Shiki mandala which represents deities using their mantra seed syllables drawn in bonji.

)[1] Rāgarāja is most commonly depicted sitting in full lotus position atop an urn that ejects jewels showing beneficence in granting wishes.

Appropriately, Rāgarāja's mantras are pronounced in either Chinese or Japanese transliterations of Sanskrit; the cadences depending upon the respective region where his devotees reside and practice, and whether in the Shingon or Tendai schools.

His popularity in Japan reached an apogee when a Shingon priest used magical chants and rituals to call up the Kamikaze that protected the Japanese from sea-born invaders.

[6] Rāgarāja's dharani was also included in the preparatory prayers performed by the young male consorts of Japanese Buddhist monks in some kanjo rituals.

Seated Aizen Myo'o (Ragaraja), Kamakura period, 13th century, Tokyo National Museum, Japan. Important Cultural Property
Aizen Myo'o (Ragaraja) described in " Zuzōshō " (図像抄), a Buddhist commentary compiled in 1139 during the Heian period in Japan.