VairocanaWP (大日如来?) is a Celestial Buddha.
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Vairocana is the Chief God of Buddhism.
Despite the connection with Daji, in Fate/EXTRA, Tamamo-no-Mae is the imperial deity of Japan Amaterasu no Okami. Not only that, her true form is a deep fallen god who is also considered the Buddha Dainichi Nyorai Vairocana.[1]
Shingon Tachikawa Buddhism reveres and worships DakinitenWP,[2] whom they identify with Vairocana.[3]
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Shakyamuni's Chakravartin Noble Phantasm resembles the rings of light that float behind Vairocana.[4]
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Fate/Samurai Remnant[]
Miyamoto Iori is able to carve Buddha statues one of them is Dainichi Nyorai. Looking at it calms the mind, the curves of the arms exude grace and it’s smile has a mystic beauty.[5]
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After learning about Lostbelt Zeus' backstory, and how he had reigned as the supreme deity of the Atlantic Lostbelt by synchronizing the Authority of the other gods with the Kronos Crown, Miyamoto Musashi stated that Zeus is a Chief God of the same status as Vairocana. Sherlock Holmes replied that as an esoteric Buddhist perspective, it is a truly perfect comparison.[6] Senji Muramasa also regards Zeus as the "big Buddha" in the Atlantic Lostbelt.[7] When Chaldea finally meets Terminal Zeus, Musashi says that his manifestation feels like the second coming of Vairocana; a cut above any Demonic Sword, Demon, or Demon King. She states that compared to him, Demeter and Aphrodite look like nothing.[8]
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- ↑ Fate/Grand Order material II Tamamo-no-Mae's Profile, translated by Reddit User WaifuHunter.
- ↑
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Shingon Tachikawa School [Circumstances], p.189 Shingon Tachikawa School [Concept]
Shingo Tachikawa is a branch of Shingon Vajrayana (Shingon secret tantra teachings) that is based on “Rishu-kyo” and its teachings revere dakini-deity.
In the Kamakura era, a high monk of Shigon Buddhism, Ninkan, failed in an attempted assassination of Emperor Toba (Eikyuu Era [Eternal Era]) and was exiled to Izu as punishment. It is said that there, in the province of Musashi, Ninkan gave birth to the fundamental systems of Shingon Tachikawa in cooperation with the Onmyouji (spiritual medium) Kenren (from Tachikawa).
After that, the Tachikawa Sect spread and prospered to the point where it came to be the largest faction within Shingon Buddhism.
Furthermore, with the decline of the Kamakura Shogunate in sight, the Tachikawa Sect schemed to have the Imperial Family change its loyalties to prioritize Tachikawa over other sects. Emperor Godaigo, who mastered the secrets of Tachikawa, starting from Yoshino, spread it across the lands of the Southern Dynasty. After that, the Tachikawa Sect teachings were almost always present with the Southern Dynasty.
So with the decline of the Southern Dynasty, the Tachikawa Sect also fell into ruin.
…The suppression of the Tachikawa Sect didn’t occur because it was heretic or there was some problem with it’s teachings, it was due to its connection with the Southern Dynasty. Mount. Koya (the birth place of Koya-san Shingon Buddhism) lies within the territory of the Northern Dynasty, and almost all the authority figures in Koya held contempt for the Tachikawa Sect, and has all the Tachikawa scriptures destroyed.真言立川流【事柄】
真言立川流は真言密教の一派であり、『理趣経』（般若波羅蜜多理趣品）をその根本経典とし、茶枳尼天を拝した教え。
鎌倉時代に真言宗の阿閣梨である仁寛が、鳥羽天皇暗殺未遂事件（永久の変）の罪で伊豆に配流された折、そこで武蔵国立川の陰陽師である見蓮らと協同で生み出した術式がその基礎とされる。
その後、立川流は真言宗の最大派閥となるまで隆盛。
さらに鎌倉幕府の衰退を見て取った立川流は、幕府から天皇家への鞍替えを企図する。
立川流の奥義を会得した後醍醐天皇は吉野において南朝を開く。以降、立川流はほぼ常に南朝と共にあった。そして立川流は南朝の衰退と共に滅びていくのである。
……立川流の弾圧は、邪宗である事やその教理に問題があったからではなく、南朝方であった事に起因する。そして北朝方であった高野山（真言宗高野派）によって、その権威は徹底的に財められ、教理経典は抹消されてしまった。 - ↑ Fate/EXTRA CCC - Chapter 3: Crimson Lips of Love and Hate – Alter Ego / M –
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[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Turner of the Wheel [Noble Phantasm Name], p.198 [T] Turner of the Wheel [Noble Phantasm Name]
Chakravartin.
This is Saver’s minor Noble Phantasm. It’s a weapon based on an implement used by usually unarmed Buddha to defeat their enemies.
Chakravartin (Turner of the Wheel) is the concept of the “ideal universal ruler” that was used in the Vedic period of ancient India.
The weapon Chakravartin is a 7km wide chakram of light that is expanded into the sky above the Buddha. While revolving slowly, it shoots arrows of light at the Servants within its ring.
Think of it as a mobile artillery platform that can shoot in any direction. The ring of light is like a rail that the artillery platform moves along.
The number of rings of light increase each turn, until it has reached the maximum of seven. These seven rings correspond to the seven treasures that the Turner of the Wheel (ruler) possesses.
The rings are reminiscent of rainbows, and at the peak of battle this weapons ultimate attack “Transmigration Into One” can be activated by calling it’s true name.
The rings of light combine into one with a clang and the ring starts spinning at high speed. Before long it morphs to resemble the ring that floats behind the Celestial Buddha Variocana, and pillars of light coming from the entire 360 degrees of the ring are focused on the player’s Servant, and the convergence causes a huge explosion that resembles a black hole.
…Well of course this is a written description that didn’t take production costs into consideration in the slightest, so of course it was axed. I guess if you want this level of visuals, you have to do it in an action game.天輪聖王【宝具名】
チャクラ・ヴァルティン。
セイヴァーの小宝具。本来なら徒手空拳の覚者が持つ、相手を倒すための武具。
転輪聖王とは古代インドヴェーダ時代における理想の王のこと。
チャクラ・ヴァルティンは覚者の上空に展開する、七㎞メートルの光輪。ゆっくりと回転しながら、輪の中にいるサーヴァントヘビュンビュンと光の矢を放つ。
全天包囲型・自動移動砲台……とお考えください。
光の輪をレールにみたてて、その上を砲台が移動している、みたいな。
時間ごとに光の輪は増えていき、最終的には七つにまで増大。この七つの輪は聖王が持つ七つの宝と同義である。
その姿は虹を思わせ、戦いが最高速に達したところで真名開放による最終攻撃”一に還る転生”が発動。
光の輪がガコン!と音をたてて一つに合体、高速回転していき、やがて大日如来が背負う後光っぽいものに変化、プレイヤーサーヴァントへ３６０度から光の柱が集結、ブラックホールを思わせる収束から大爆発、みたいな。
───とまあ、ここまで制作コストを考えぬ字コンテなので、当然のように没になった。この手のスペクタクルはアクションゲームでやってろって話ですよ。 - ↑ Fate/Samurai Remnant - Chapter 2
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Olympus: Interstellar Mountainous City, The Day to Bring Down Gods, Section 5: Thou Art the Harvest that Reaps the Stars (II)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Olympus: Interstellar Mountainous City, The Day to Bring Down Gods, Section 17: Souls To Be Equals in Due Course (IV)
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Olympus: Interstellar Mountainous City, The Day to Bring Down Gods, Section 20: I Am the Thunder that Smites Stars (III)