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In Buddhism, the wish fulfilling jewel (Skt. maṇi, cintā-maṇi, cintāmaṇi-ratna) is an important mythic symbol indicating a magical jewel that manifests one's wishes, including the curing of disease, purification of water, granting clothing, food, treasure etc. It is a common symbol for the teachings and qualities of the Buddha.
Yamāntaka (meaning 'terminator of Yama i.e. Death') is the wrathful manifestation of Mañjuśrī, popular within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Other variations upon his traditional form as Mañjuśrī include Namasangiti, Arapacana Manjushri, etc. In Tibetan Buddhism, Mañjuśrī is also an yidam.
In Shinto and Buddhism in Japan, an ofuda (お札/御札, honorific form of fuda, ' slip [of paper], card, plate ') or gofu (護符) is a talisman made out of various materials such as paper, wood, cloth or metal.
The earliest Buddhist art is from the Mauryan era (322 BCE – 184 BCE), there is little archeological evidence for pre-Mauryan period symbolism. [6] Early Buddhist art (circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE) is commonly (but not exclusively) aniconic (i.e. lacking an anthropomorphic image), and instead used various symbols to depict the Buddha.
mandara (曼陀羅) – a mandala, or diagram that contains Buddhist images and illustrates Buddhist cosmology. [1] mandara-dō (曼荼羅堂) – lit. "hall of mandalas", but the name is presently used only for Taimadera's Main Hall in Nara. [1] manji* (卍）- the Japanese name of the swastika, symbol used for Buddhist temples in Japanese maps.
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The mandala in Nichiren Buddhism is a moji-mandala (文字曼陀羅), which is a paper hanging scroll or wooden tablet whose inscription consists of Chinese characters and medieval-Sanskrit script representing elements of the Buddha's enlightenment, protective Buddhist deities, and certain Buddhist concepts.
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