Alternatively, and especially if
displayed in a cone-shaped,
pagoda-like
structure in Chinese temples
(fig.),
they may symbolize the ten thousand
bodhisattvas
of the
Three Ages of Buddhism,
as known in
Mahayana Buddhism.
See also
TRAVEL PICTURE,
PANO PICTURE and
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