Item Id: M-MAN

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MANJUSHRI (Tib. Jam-dpal byangs)

Manjushri is the bodhisattva of wisdom who embodies the discriminating awareness of all the Buddhas. He is golden-orange in color and sits in vajra-posture upon a moon disc, multicolored lotus and lion throne. He is as youthful as a sixteen-year-old, adorned in the five silk and eight jewel ornaments of a bodhisattva, and on the crown of his head are five coiled locks of hair. With his raised right hand he wields a flaming sword of wisdom, and with his left hand he holds the stem of a lotus that bears a text on the ‘perfection of wisdom’ (Prajnaparamita-sutra).

©Contemporary painting from Nepal, artist unknown

Size: 6  x 4 inches