What it is
A Japanese role-playing game by Atlus released on the Super Famicom in 1994, set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo full of “demons” drawn from world mythologies.
How the Buddha appears
The Twelve Heavenly Generals (Shinshō), guardians of Yakushi Nyorai, are bosses; each one bears an animal of the Chinese zodiac.
Quote
« Kumbhira is one of the twelve guardians of Yakushi-Nyorai »
Source
- Megami Tensei Wiki (Fandom), “Kumbhira” megamitensei.fandom.com
- Megami Tensei Wiki (Fandom), “Makura” megamitensei.fandom.com
Checked on 15 October 2026.
Where to find it
No legitimate purchase link known.
All works
- Saint Young Men (Seinto Onīsan)
- Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena- (anime, 2019)
- Namu Amida Butsu! (game, 2016)
- Onmyōji ~Heian Yōkai Emaki~ (game, 2011–2019)
- Imee Ooi, “Medicine Buddha Dharani” (album)
- “The Medicine Buddha” (documentary, 2019)
- “National Treasures of Yakushi-ji” exhibition (Tokyo, 2008)
- “Nikkō and Gakkō’s first journey together” (NHK, 2008)
- “Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine” (Rubin Museum, 2014)
- “Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans” (Rubin Museum, 2022–2023)
- Deva Premal & Miten, “Day 16: Medicine Buddha” (2020)
- Journey to the West (Xiyou ji), chapter 100
- Honkai: Star Rail – the Aeon Yaoshi (game, 2023)
- Choi Seong-gak, “The Medicine Buddha Does Not Come” (Korean novella)
- Hiro Sachiya & Abe Takaaki, “Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Compassion” (manga)
- Jane Ross Potter, “Seeking the Medicine Buddha” (novel, 2015)