真言宗所立，據大本如意經之說。一圓滿意願明王菩薩，二白衣自在，三髻羅剎女，四四面觀音，五馬頭羅剎，六毘俱胝，七大勢至，八陀羅觀音也。
The eight Shingon representations of Guanyin: as one of the above 八大明王, as the white-robed one, as a rākṣasī, as with four faces, as with a horse's head, as Mahāsthāmaprāpta 大勢至, and as Tārā 陀羅.
一八大觀音 諸經所說八大觀音之名有異，而以如下二說最為普遍，一說為：不空羂索、毘俱胝、十一面、馬頭、忿怒鉤、如意輪、不空鉤、一髻羅剎等八大觀音。另一說為：如意輪、觀自在、得大勢、多羅、毘俱胝、白處、一髻羅剎、馬頭等八大觀音。〔如意輪陀羅尼經壇法品〕p408