Sk: ratnapeta. Lit. a box for treasures. The treasures referred to are sutras. As a *jimotsu 持物 (hand-held attribute for Buddhist images), the hōkyō may be held by the bodhisattva *Monju 文殊, although, instead of the box, he often holds a sutra roll hōkyō 宝鏡. *Senju Kannon 千手観音 (Thousand-armed Kannon) may also hold a hōkyō as an attribute. According to the *Kakuzenshō 覚禅鈔, an iconographic manual written by priest Kakuzen 覚禅 (1143-1213), the hōkyō as an attribute of the Thousand-armed Kannon symbolizes the repose of the soul. Similar to the hōkyō, the term *bonkyō 梵篋 is used for ancient Indian sutras that were written on long narrow tala leaves and tied together between boards. The bonkyō is also found as an attribute of Kannon and Monju. The term *kyōbako 経箱 is more commonly used when referring to an actual box for sutras and not a hand-held attribute.