This mandala has been used as a principal object of the Dai-butchō-hō ritual to pray for love and respect, good health and divine favor. This is a so-called Chinese Tang type composition, and it is not based on any specific Buddhist text. The same composition can be found in the collections of iconographies titled Zuzō-shō and Besson Zakki. According to the old records

Masterpieces of Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1993, p.53, no.36.