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Ucchusma
Summary
Ucchuṣma (Chinese: 穢跡金剛; Pinyin: Huìjì Jīngāng; Rōmaji: Ususama Myōō) is a Vidyārāja in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
Ucchuṣma's full name in Sanskrit sources is Vajra Krodha Mahābala Ucchuṣma (lit. "Great Strength Furious Diamond Ucchuṣma"). In Chinese, this is translated as 大力威怒金刚烏芻使摩 (pinyin: Dàlì Wēinù Jīngāng Wūchúshǐmó), from the Chinese version of the Sūtra of Mahābala and the Tibetan version of the Ārya-Mahābalanāma Mahāyāna Sūtra.
Ucchuṣma is known by various epithets and names in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, which developed due to controversy surrounding the negative associations with impurities surrounding some of his names.
Traditional Chinese characters: 穢跡金剛
Simplified Chinese characters: 秽迹金刚
Pinyin: Huìjì Jīngāng
Rōmaji: Eshakukongō
Traditional Chinese characters: 除穢金剛
Simplified Chinese characters: 除秽金刚
Pinyin: Chúhuì Jīngāng
Traditional Chinese characters: 密跡金剛
Simplified Chinese characters: 密迹金刚
Pinyin: Mìjī jīngāng
Rōmaji: Misshaku Kongō
Traditional Chinese characters: 火頭金剛
Simplified Chinese characters: 火头金刚
Pinyin: Huǒtóu jīngāng
Rōmaji: Kazu Kongō
Traditional Chinese characters: 受触金剛
Simplified Chinese characters: 受触金刚
Pinyin: Shòuchù jīngāng
Rōmaji: Jusoku Kongo
Traditional Chinese characters: 烏枢沙摩明王
Simplified Chinese characters: 乌枢沙摩明王
Pinyin: Wūshūshāmó Míngwáng
Rōmaji: Ususama Myōō
Traditional Chinese characters: 烏枢瑟摩明王
Simplified Chinese characters: 乌枢瑟摩明王
Pinyin: Wūshūsèmó Míngwáng
Rōmaji: Ususama Myōō
Traditional Chinese characters: 烏瑟沙摩明王
Simplified Chinese characters: 乌瑟沙摩明王
Pinyin: Wūsèshāmó Míngwáng
Rōmaji: Ususama Myōō
Traditional Chinese characters: 烏芻沙摩明王
Simplified Chinese characters: 乌刍沙摩明王
Pinyin: Wūchúshāmó Míngwáng
Rōmaji: Uzusama Myōō
According to the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, Shakyamuni Buddha asked the bodhisattvas and arhats to present their methods of understanding the ultimate truth. The eighteenth person to present his character was Ucchuṣma. The Sūtra states:
Ucchuṣma came before the Buddha, put his palms together, bowed at the Buddha’s feet, and said to the Buddha, "I can still remember how many kalpas ago I was filled with excessive greed and desire.
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