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  Eight Great Bodhisattvas

 

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Statues of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas, who are the personifications of the divine qualities of the Buddha, at the Dau Pagoda in Thuan Thanh (fig.).

 

The eight divine beings are  Sarvanivarana Vishkambhin; Vajrapani; Samantabhadra; Ksitigarbha; Avalokitesvara; Mai-treya; Akasagarbha; and Manjushri.

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  Eight Great Bodhisattvas