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Pages in category "Buddhist legendary creatures" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Apalala; C.
In another keman from the Tokugawa period (see keman page), the creatures stand more bipedally erect and hence more humanlike. In the ancient courtly dance performance Gagaku - karyobin (迦陵頻) is the name of dance expressive of the kalaviṅka, and is danced in pair with the kochō (胡蝶), a dance of butterfly motif.
Buddhist mythology contains legends of the Buddhas of past ages, such as Vipassi. An important source for these is the Pali Theravāda Buddhavamsa (Buddha Chronicle) which chronicles the stories of 24 past Buddhas. [37] Buddhist works also include a wide range of prophetic myths, which speak of future events.
Kirin – A mythical creature in Asian mythology; in Shinto, the kirin are considered messengers of the kami. Kisshōten (吉祥天, lit. ' Auspicious Heavens ') – A Japanese goddess of good fortune, wealth and prosperity. Adapted, via Buddhism, from the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Kisshōten is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune ...
In Southeast Asian Buddhist mythology, kinnaris, the female counterpart of kinnaras, are depicted as half-bird, half-woman creatures. One of the many creatures that inhabit the mythical Himavanta, kinnaris have the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the wings, tail and feet of a swan. They are renowned for their dance, song and poetry, and ...
Benzaiten (shinjitai: 弁才天 or 弁財天; kyūjitai: 辯才天, 辨才天, or 辨財天, lit. "goddess of eloquence", Benten, Chinese: 辯才天, Biancaitian) is an East Asian Buddhist goddess (technically a Dharmapala, "Dharma protector") who originated mainly from the Buddhist Indian Saraswati, goddess of speech, the arts, and learning.
Lakshmi, at the Buddhist complex of Sanchi. In Chinese Buddhism, there is a list of Twenty-Four Protective Deities (Chinese: 二十四諸天; pinyin: Èrshísì Zhūtiān). These dharmapalas (Dharma protectors) are seen as defenders of Buddhism and protectors of Buddhists against evil or harm. They are:
Backside of Tibetan 25 tam banknote, dated 1659 of the Tibetan Era (= 1913 CE).On the right, the four harmonious animals are represented. A popular scene often found as wall paintings in Tibetan religious buildings represents an elephant standing under a fruit tree carrying a monkey, a hare and a bird (usually a partridge, but sometimes a grouse, and in Bhutan a hornbill) on top of each other ...