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Pages in category "Weapons in Buddhist mythology" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Mañjuśrī is depicted as a male bodhisattva wielding a flaming sword in his right hand, representing the realization of transcendent wisdom which cuts down ignorance and duality. The scripture supported by the padma (lotus) held in his left hand is a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra , representing his attainment of ultimate realization from the ...
Musashi created and refined a two-sword kenjutsu technique called niten'ichi (二天一, "two heavens as one") or nitōichi (二刀一, "two swords as one") or 'Niten Ichi-ryū' (A Kongen Buddhist Sutra refers to the two heavens as the two guardians of Buddha).
An Indian rhinoceros in the wild.. The Rhinoceros Sutra also known as The Rhinoceros Horn Sutra (Pali: Khaggavisāṇa-sutta; Sanskrit: Khaḍgaviṣāṇa-gāthā; Gāndhārī: Khargaviṣaṇa-sutra or Khargaviṣaṇa-gasa [1]) is a very early Buddhist text advocating the merit of solitary asceticism for pursuing enlightenment as opposed to practicing as a householder or in a community of ...
In Tibetan Buddhism, Acala or Miyowa (མི་གཡོ་བ་, Wylie: mi g.yo ba) is considered as belonging to the vajrakula ("vajra family", Tibetan: དོ་རྗེའི་རིགས་, dorjé rik; Wylie: rdo rje'i rigs), one of the Five Buddha Families presided over by the buddha Akṣobhya and may even be regarded, along with ...
Freyr's sword – A magic sword which fought on its own. It might be Lævateinn. Gambanteinn – A sword which appears in two poems in the Poetic Edda; Gram – Sword of the hero Sigurd from Norse mythology, also known as Nothung in the Ring cycle; Gríðarvölr – A magical staff given to Thor by Gríðr so he could kill the giant Geirröd.
Ōdenta (大典太, "Great Denta" or "The Best among Swords Forged by Denta") 光世作: Miike Denta Mitsuyo (三池典太光世) National Treasure: Tachi. Length 66.1 cm, curvature 2.7 cm. [6] Owned by Maeda Ikutokukai. Along with Onimaru and Futatsu-mei, the sword was considered to be one of the three regalia swords of the shoguns of the ...
The Hung Fut system includes more than twenty weapons, the best known of which is the left-handed staff style. There are traditionally ten different staff forms taught; each successive one increases in difficulty and intensity. The staff is the first weapon taught in the system and also the last. The final staff form is the most famous and ...