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'''White Manjushri''' (Skt. ''Sita Mañjuśrī''; Tib. འཇམ་དབྱངས་དཀར་པོ་, ''Jamyang Karpo'', [[Wyl.]] '' ‘jam dbyangs dkar po'') is another form of the wisdom deity [[Manjushri]]. In this form, he is generally represented with his legs crossed in [[vajra posture]]; his right hand in the [[mudra of supreme generosity]] holding the stem of a lotus on which rests a sword; and his left hand raised holding a blue lotus on which rests a book.<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire encyclopédique du bouddhisme'', page 368.</ref> | '''White Manjushri''' (Skt. ''Sita Mañjuśrī''; Tib. འཇམ་དབྱངས་དཀར་པོ་, ''Jamyang Karpo'', [[Wyl.]] '' ‘jam dbyangs dkar po'') is another form of the wisdom deity [[Manjushri]], white in colour. In this form, he is generally represented with his legs crossed in [[vajra posture]]; his right hand in the [[mudra of supreme generosity]] holding the stem of a lotus on which rests a sword; and his left hand raised holding a blue lotus on which rests a book.<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire encyclopédique du bouddhisme'', page 368.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 05:36, 3 February 2019
White Manjushri (Skt. Sita Mañjuśrī; Tib. འཇམ་དབྱངས་དཀར་པོ་, Jamyang Karpo, Wyl. ‘jam dbyangs dkar po) is another form of the wisdom deity Manjushri, white in colour. In this form, he is generally represented with his legs crossed in vajra posture; his right hand in the mudra of supreme generosity holding the stem of a lotus on which rests a sword; and his left hand raised holding a blue lotus on which rests a book.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Philippe Cornu, Dictionnaire encyclopédique du bouddhisme, page 368.