ORIGIN: Buddhist (Mahayana)
TYPE: Goddess
INFORMATION: Known extensively from northern India to China and Japan. One of the group of female bodhisattvas or buddha-designates. In China she is recognizes as an underworld deity Di-zang. In Japan she becomes a guardian deity of passage, Jizo.
COLOR: Yellow or green <0P> ATTRIBUTES: Book, bowl, jewel, staff and water jar.