Vairocana

Vairocana
Shin Megami Tensei II
Other Name(s)	Dainichi NyoraiGiten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation VirochanaPersona 2: Innocent Sin VirocanaPersona 2: Eternal Punishment
Origin	Buddhism Hinduism
Race(s)	DeityShin Megami Tensei II Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 TenmaShin Megami Tensei (Super CD-ROM²)
Alignment(s)	Light-NeutralShin Megami Tensei II Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation NeutralShin Megami Tensei (Super CD-ROM²)

Vairocana is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Vairocana (Sanskrit: वैरोचन, romanized Vairocana; Japanese: 大日如来Great Sun Tathagata, romanized Dainichi Nyorai) is a cosmic Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism.

The Megami Tensei franchise identifies Vairocana as the same as Asura Lord, possibly due to Virocana (Sanskrit: विरोचन, romanized Virocana, also spelled "Virochana"), an asura king in Hinduism.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei

A demon exclusive to the Super CD-ROM² version of Shin Megami Tensei. Can only be obtained by having the old man in Sugamo Prison fuse Missionary, Amaterasu, and Crusader together, and is available regardless of the player's level.

	Name Level HP MP Vairocana 99 999 999	Strength 99 Intelligence 40 Magic 40 Vitality 10 Agility 10 Luck 20
Location Fusion-Exclusive
Species Race Alignment CostSummon Cost CPMagnetite used while in party Kishin Tenma Light-Neutral (127) ♄Macca3168 47
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect Moon PhaseDemon Aggression 380 34 84 15 45 45 0 Resistances Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Expel Death Almighty ×1 ×½×0.50 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×½×0.50 ×⅞×0.875 ×¼×0.25 NulNull ×1 Nerve Magic Bind Charge Dex Needle Non-Elem. Type ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25 ×¾×0.75 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 Demon Race (2)
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Sword 1 Single enemy
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Tarukaja Support 4 MP Raises the attack of all party members. Rakukaja Support 4 MP Raises the defense of all party members. Deadly Hit Dex — Delivers a finishing blow to one enemy.

Shin Megami Tensei II

BossEncounterable EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Vairocana 70 2946 1568	Strength 26 Intelligence 18 Magic 23 Vitality 15 Agility 18 Luck 12
Location Chesed Temple
Species Race Alignment EXP Macca Magnetite Drop God Deity Light-Neutral (127) 3920 ♄Macca7840 MAGMagnetite3920 Asura's Palm (32⁄256)
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect 192 132 170 130 27 23 Resistances Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark Almighty ×1 ×½×0.50 RflReflect ×¾×0.75 ×½×0.50 ×1 NulNull NulNull ×1 Charge Hand Skill Leg Skill Fly Skill Nerve Ruin Bind Type ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 NulNull ×¾×0.75 ×⅛×0.125 Fire Boss
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Sword 3~6 Single enemy
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Agilao Fire 7 MP Burns 1 enemy with strong flames. Megidolaon Almighty 15 MP Deals strong non-elemental damage to all enemies. Diarama Recovery 4 MP Greatly recovers HP of 1 ally.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Hades Blast Sword 20% HP Attacks multiple enemies. Power changes depending on user's max HP. Wind-God Strike Hand Skill 10% HP Attacks all enemies and puts them into the Freeze state. Bodhisattva's Palm Hand Skill 10% HP Attacks 1 enemy. Power changes depending on user's max HP. Holy Wrath Force 80 MP 1/4 of current HP damage to enemies with different alignment than the user. 1/8 damage to allies.

	Name Level HP MP Vairocana 64 791 450	Strength 17 Intelligence 20 Magic 23 Vitality 12 Agility 11 Luck 10
Location Old Ichigaya after Keter Castle is entered
Species Race Alignment Recruit Speech RERandom Encounter FriendshipInitial friendship value God Deity Light-Neutral (127) ✘ Dignified ✔ 56
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect 162 113 152 114 28 25
EXP Macca Magnetite Drop 2560 ♄Macca256 MAGMagnetite0 Asura's Palm Resistances Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark Almighty ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×⅞×0.875 ×⅞×0.875 ×1 NulNull ×1 ×1 Charge Hand Skill Leg Skill Fly Skill Nerve Ruin Bind Type ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Resist Fire
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Sword 2~3 Single enemy
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Maragion Fire 9 MP Burns all enemies with strong flames. Megidolaon Almighty 15 MP Deals strong non-elemental damage to all enemies. Dekaja Support 10 MP Removes effects of all kaja-type magic.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Wind-God Strike Hand Skill 10% HP Attacks all enemies and puts them into the Freeze state.

	Name Level HP MP Vairocana 64 791 450	Strength 17 Intelligence 20 Magic 23 Vitality 12 Agility 11 Luck 10
Location Fusion-only; Unlocks after meeting in Chesed Temple
Species Race Alignment CostSummon Cost CPMagnetite used while in party Inheritance Type God Deity Light-Neutral (127) ♄Macca2048 144 Fire
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect 162 113 152 114 28 25 Resistances Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark Almighty ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×⅞×0.875 ×⅞×0.875 ×1 NulNull ×1 ×1 Charge Hand Skill Leg Skill Fly Skill Nerve Ruin Bind Type ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Resist Fire
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Sword 2~3 Single enemy
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Maragion Fire 9 MP Burns all enemies with strong flames. Megidolaon Almighty 15 MP Deals strong non-elemental damage to all enemies. Dekaja Support 10 MP Removes effects of all kaja-type magic. Recarm Recovery 24 MP Recovers 1 ally from the Dying or Dead state with max HP.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Wind-God Strike Hand Skill 10% HP Attacks all enemies and puts them into the Freeze state.

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation

	Name Level HP MP Dainichi Nyorai 62 1786 692
Location Fusion Only
Race Divine Clan Alignment CostSummon Cost CPMagnetite used while in party Deity Asura LwLaw: 50 CsChaos: 35 LtLight: 50 DkDark: 10 5208 84
Intuition Mind Magic Intelligence Blessing Strength Vitality Agility Dexterity Charm Fate 43 55+1 54 53 42 56+1 55+1 36 28 54 35
Sword Gun Bullets Head Torso Arm Leg Accessory — — — Vajra Helmet — — — —
Sword Gun Magic Accuracy 74+1 37 56 Attack 22+1 1 54 Evasion 53+18 34 47 Defense 28+27 28+27 48+15 Bullets —
Equip Type Skill Groups God Megido Line, Barrier Line, Agi Line Resistances Sword Phys Fire Ice Force Elec Light Nerve Dark Ruin — — — — — — NulNull NulNull NulNull NulNull
Moon Effect 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Sword 1 1
Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Megido Sword 24 MP Megidolaon Sword 40 MP Maragion Fire 35 MP Tetrakarn Sword 16 MP Makarakarn Sword 15 MP Samarecarm Sword 50 MP

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Persona 2: Innocent Sin	Hindu sun god and king of the Asuras.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei II

Vairocana, also known as Dainichi-Nyorai, presides over the Chesed Temple, taking in lost souls and offering them salvation, regardless of their sins or deeds. He is also the master of the 12 Divine Generals, though he lends them to Atavaka to help him guard Fort Gevurah. If Aleph goes to Vairocana and is Chaos-aligned, he simply tells him never to attempt justifying the evils he has done and sends him on his way. If Aleph is Neutral or Law-aligned, however, Vairocana will call him a servant of YHVH and attack, only to be killed in turn.

If Aleph visited Vairocana on the Chaos route, the encounters in Old Ichigaya and the Old Government Office will change.

Trivia

• In Shin Megami Tensei (Super CD-ROM²), despite referring to himself as the Tenma race when fused, the status screen lists his race as Tyrant.

Nomenclature

The specific Japanese spelling ヴィローシャナ Virōshana appears to in part be influenced by the Sino-Japanese rendering 毘盧遮那 Birushana and the Japanese name of the asura lord Virocana, ヴィローチャナ Virōchana.

Dainichi Nyorai is the Sino-Japanese reading of Vairocana's Middle Chinese epithet 大日如來 dajH nyit nyo loj, a calque of Sanskrit: महावैरोचन, romanized mahāvairocana (Great Vairocana; literally 'great solar one') and Sanskrit: तथागत, romanized tathāgata (tathagata, a term of address to a buddha; literally 'thus come/gone').

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	VairocanaShin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
	VirocanaPersona 2: Eternal Punishment
	VirochanaPersona 2: Innocent Sin
Japanese	だいにちにょらいShin Megami Tensei Dainichi Nyorai	Great Sun Buddha; hiragana rendering of Japanese: 大日如来literally 'Great Sun Thus Going', romanized Dainichi Nyorai
	大日如来Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation Dainichi Nyorai	Great Sun Buddha; kanji rendering of the above
	ヴィローシャナShin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Persona 2: Innocent Sin Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Virōshana	Virochana/Vairocana
	ヴィルシャナVairocana Virushana
Traditional Chinese	毗盧遮那 Pílúzhēnà	Vairocana

Gallery

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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei (CD-ROM²)

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  Animated Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei (CD-ROM²)

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  Vairocana's stats in Shin Megami Tensei (CD-ROM²)

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  Sprite as an ally from Shin Megami Tensei II (Super Famicom)

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  Sprite as an ally from Shin Megami Tensei II (PlayStation)

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  Sprite as a boss from Shin Megami Tensei II (PlayStation)

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  Sprite from Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation (PC-98)

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  Sprite from Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation (Windows)

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  Model from Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

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  Sprite from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PlayStation Portable)