Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c8.s2.36

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c8.s2.36

After the Lokeśvaras and Maitreya the most important group of male deities consists of the Mañjuśrīs. This god is known by a variety of names in the Sādhanas; such as, Mañjuśrī, Mañjuvara, Mañjughosha, Mañjudeva, Vāgīśvara, Mañjukumāra, etc. Mr. Benoytosh Bhattacharyya’s work gives us four different classifications within the same genus:—

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