Item: Manjushri (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Arapachana

Arapachana Manjushri, white or orange (Tibetan: a ra pa cha na jam pal yang. English: Arapacana the Splendid Melodious Voiced One). The bodhisattva (sutra) and meditational deity (tantra) that represents the wisdom of all the buddhas of the ten directions and three times.

Sanskrit: Manjushri Tibetan: Jam pal yang

"...Arya Manjushri with a body orange in colour, having the colour of fresh saffron, one face and two hands. The right holds aloft the sword of wisdom severing ignorance and in the left the stem of an utpala to the heart, blossoming at the ear with the Prajnaparamita book above. With the feet seated in vajra posture, having jewel ornaments and upper and lower garments of silk, the hair tied to the left in five tufts - [some] loose; having the appearance of a youth of sixteen years. A moon disc with the nature of light supports the back." (Sakya Lotsawa Kunga Sonam (1485-1533), 23rd Throne Holder of Sakya. sGrub Thabs Kun bTus, vol.2, fol.258-261. Translated into English by (c)Jetsun Kusho Chimey Luding and Jeff Watt. May 1984).

Lineage: Holy Manjushri, Mahasiddha Jetari, Ashokanta Shri, Vajrasana the Senior - Lalitavajra, the Younger - Amoghavajra, Bari Lotsawa, Tsechen Kunga Nyingpo, Sonam Tsemo, Dragpa Gyaltsen, Jamgon Sakya Pandita, Palchen Gvalo, etc.

Jeff Watt [added 11-2023]