'나라연금강(那羅延金剛);훔금강(吽金剛) Nārāyaṇa'

Digital Art. JPG / 3000 X 6000 px Jun, 2021 by Leone_cave 그 힘의 세기가 코끼리의 백만 배나 된다고 하는 천상계의 역사로서 나라연은 그 힘의 강도가 엄청남을 의미하고 있다. 보통 사찰의 금강문 오른쪽에 있는 나라연금강은 입을 굳게 다문채 방어하는 자세를 취하고있다. Nārāyaṇa is depicted as being defensive either bare-handed or wielding a sword. He symbolizes latent strength, holding his mouth tightly shut. His mouth is rendered to form the sound "hūṃ", or "heng" or "un". In China, he is also known as General Heng (哼将 Hēng Jiāng) in reference to this iconographic detail. Similarly, he is also known as Humgumgang (吽金剛, "hum"-form, general term closed-mouthed statues in aum pair) in Korea and Japan due to this detail as well. 출처: 한국민족문화대백과사전, wikipedia