ṣ aj y ag uru ▁( J apan ese : ▁ <0xE8> <0x96> <0xAC> 師 如 来 ▁Y ak ush i ▁Ny or ai ), ▁Ak sh ob h ya ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁minor ▁cult ▁in ▁Japan ▁as ▁a ▁he aling ▁Bud d ha , ▁though ▁both ▁are ▁currently ▁v ener ated ▁within ▁the ▁Sh ing on ▁Buddh ism . ▁ ▁Rec ently , ▁newly ▁discovered ▁G ā nd h ā r ī ▁texts ▁from ▁Pakistan ▁in ▁the ▁B aj aur ▁Collection ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁to ▁contain ▁fragments ▁of ▁an ▁early ▁Mah ā y ā na ▁s ut ra ▁mention ing ▁Ak sh ob h ya . ▁Pre lim inary ▁d ating ▁through ▁pale ography ▁suggests ▁a ▁late ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁to ▁early ▁ 2 nd ▁century ▁CE ▁proven ance . ▁More ▁conclus ive ▁radi oc ar bon ▁d ating ▁is ▁under ▁way . ▁A ▁pre lim inary ▁report ▁on ▁these ▁texts ▁has ▁been ▁issued ▁by ▁In go ▁Stra uch , ▁with ▁a ▁paper ▁on ▁Ak sh ob h ya ▁texts ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁Do ctrine ▁ ▁Icon ography ▁Ak sh ob h ya ▁is ▁the ▁emb od iment ▁of ▁' mir ror ▁knowledge ' ▁( ; ▁refer ▁Pan ch ajn ana ). ▁This ▁may ▁be ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁knowledge ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁real , ▁and ▁what ▁is ▁ill usion , ▁or ▁a ▁mere ▁reflection ▁of ▁actual ▁reality . ▁The ▁mirror ▁may ▁be ▁li ken ed ▁to ▁the ▁mind ▁itself . ▁It ▁is ▁clear