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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 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>
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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>


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White Manjushri

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.[1]

Notes

  1. Philippe Cornu, Dictionnaire encyclopédique du bouddhisme, page 368.

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