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    Vajrapāṇi (Sanskrit; Pali: Vajirapāṇi, 'holder of the thunderbolt', lit. meaning, "Vajra in [his] hand") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas...
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    Samantabhadra into Vajrapāni by Vairocana, the cosmic Buddha, receiving a vajra and the name "Vajrāpani". Vairocana then requests Vajrapāni to generate his...
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    wrestler-like statues. They are dharmapala manifestations of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, the oldest and most powerful[citation needed] of the Mahayana Buddhist...
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    the Buddhas' compassion and Vajrapāṇi manifests all the Buddhas' power as well as the power of all five tathāgatas. Vajrapāṇi is one of the earliest dharmapalas...
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    a congregation of deities and sages address Vajrapani with a ritual for taming and pacification. Vajrapani replies with enthusiasm for their benevolence...
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    Tãrã emerged from a lotus. Vajrapani has many forms in Tibetan mythology with the main ones being the Dharmapala or the Vajrapani-Acharya the deity is depicted...
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    130-125 BCE. Herakles as Vajrapani, protector of the Buddha. Herakles with the Nemean lion, Gandhara. Herakles as Vajrapani Herakles/Vajrapāni with the Buddha...
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    Guanyin Mañjuśrī Mahāsthāmaprāpta Ākāśagarbha Kṣitigarbha Samantabhadra Vajrapāṇi Skanda Tārā Metteyya/Maitreya Disciples Kaundinya Assaji Sāriputta Mahamoggallāna...
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    The commentator Buddhaghoṣa has identified Sakka as being identical to Vajrapāṇi. In the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16), Sakka speaks the following verse...
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    Akshobhya Prajñāpāramitā Devī Bhaiṣajyaguru Vairocana Mañjuśrī Avalokiteśvara Vajrapāṇi Vajrasattva Maitreya Kṣitigarbha Ākāśagarbha Samantabhadra Tara Wrathful...
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