Manjusri

Only later (1634) did his people adopt the name MANCHUS (probably from the bodhisattva of learning, Manjusri).

b. The Qing Dynasty 2001

Bodhisattva that the Brahman here is said to be "also" named Manjusri.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

There also resides in this monastery a Brahman teacher, whose name also is Manjusri, (7) whom the Shamans of greatest virtue in the kingdom, and the mahayana Bhikshus honour and look up to.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

Northern Buddhism as early as 400 A.D. the worship of two Buddhas elect named Manjusri and Avalokitesvara, or personified Wisdom and Power, had already become general.

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

Possibly the name of Manjusri may be derived from that of the Indian mendicant, the traditional introducer of Buddhism and its accompanying civilization into Nepal.

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

Manjusri is the mythical author of this influential work, [23] the twenty-fourth chapter being devoted to

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

Vagrapani; Manjusri was the deified teacher; and Avalokitesvara was the

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

Manjusri, [20] the Great Being or "Prince Royal," is the personification of wisdom, and especially of the mystic religious insight which has produced the Great Vehicle or canon of Northern

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

See Kern's Saddharma Pundarika, p. 8, and the many referents to Manjusri in the Index.

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

When the lake was dessicated (by the sword of Manjusri says the myth -- probably earthquake) Karkotaka had a fine tank built for him to dwell in; and there he is still worshipped, also in the cave-temple appendant to the great Buddhist shrine of Swayambhu Nath ....

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885