China: The bodhisattva Manjusri shown riding a lion. Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, 8th-9th century

Mañjuśrī is a bodhisattva associated with transcendent wisdom (Skt. prajñā) in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Samantabhadra (Sanskrit: 'Universal Worthy'), is a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and fellow bodhisattva Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism.

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