Description
Manjushri Statue, The Bodhisattva of Wisdom
This Manjushri is shown elegantly in this Traditional statue. A Nepali artist handmade this Bodhisattva of Wisdom sculpture in copper and gilded it in 24K gold in Kathmandu. He has one face and two hands, holding aloft a sword of knowledge in the right hand and a lotus stem to the heart in the left, the Prajnaparamita Sutra supported by the flower at the left ear. He is seated in a vajra position on a lotus seat, adorned with a crown, jewel, and gold decorations.
Size: 9.8"/25cm (Height) x 7.4"/19cm (Base)
Weight: 2.214 kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Copper Body, Acrylic Paintings
Manjushri is known as the Wisdom Bodhisattva. He is the personification of wisdom as
the route to enlightenment. In Mahayana Buddhism, Manjushri is related to prajna.
Manjushri is regarded as a fully enlightened Buddha in Northern Buddhism's Tantric literature, with many manifestations and appearances covering all four divisions of Tantra, simple and complex in form. Manjushri is depicted in the Eleven Figurative Forms as Peaceful, Semi-peaceful, Wrathful, and Animal Featured.