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Visual depiction of Manjushri

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Vol. II · Polytheism · wisdom

Manjushri

Buddhist bodhisattva of wisdom


riding a lion with a flaming sword of wisdom cutting through ignorance, his sutra book the Prajnaparamita on a lotus

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
wisdom

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.