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Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom
The youthful Manjushri, referrred to as kumara, or "boyish", in his parent text, the Prajnaparamita, is seated on a waisted lotus throne, the base of which bears the female donor's simple inscription around three sides. Manjushri's handheld identifiers are thne wisdom book (pustaka), blue lotus, and rosary, and a fourth now-lost identifier—perhaps a second blue lotus or the sword. In affirmation of Manjushri's child nature, his hair at the back is in three long braids, and he wears a tiger-claw pendant (vyaghra-nakha), which was favored by parents as a protective talisman for children.
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