This was adopted in the education and learning of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei (Tendai sect), and syncretized with Benzaiten (Sarasvati, Buddhist goddess of music, learning, eloquence, wealth, longevity, and protection from natural disasters), a god of Buddhism.
これが比叡山延暦寺（天台宗）の教学に取り入れられ、仏教の神である弁才天と習合した。