Sri Lanka: Gilded bronze figure of the bodhisattva Tara, East Coast, between Trincomalee and Batticaloa, 8th century CE (Anuradhapura Period, Mahayana Buddhism)

Tara is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism.

Tara is known as the 'mother of liberation', and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. In Japan she is known as Tarani Bosatsu, and as Tuoluo in Chinese Buddhism.

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