The Hindu god of the Ganges River, Kunbi-ra became incorporated into Buddhism and became Kubira Taisho and with the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism, Konpira Daigongen was established as the Suijakushin (provisional Buddha) for Miroko Bosatsu (Buddha of the Future, Bodhisattva of the Present) (other theories say Eleven-faced Kannon [Goddess of Mercy]).
ヒンドゥー教のガンジス川の神クンビーラが仏教に取り入れられ宮比羅大将となり、神仏習合によって、弥勒菩薩（他に十一面観音など諸説あり）の垂迹神として金毘羅大権現が成立した。