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............ Legend, Religion, Mythology
................ <Buddhist iconography>
.................... <Buddhist characters>
........................ Aizen Myōō (Buddhist character)
........................ Akṣobhya (Buddhist deity)
........................ Amitābha (Mahayana deity)
........................ Amitāyus (Buddhist character)
........................ Amoghapasa (Buddhist character)
........................ Amoghasiddhi (Buddhist deity)
........................ Ānanda (Buddhist character)
........................ Arapacana (Buddhist deity)
........................ Avalokiteshvara (Buddhist bodhisattva)
........................ Benzaiten (Japanese deity)
........................ Bhairava (Hindu-Buddhist deity) [N]
........................ Bishamon (Buddhist character)
........................ Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)
........................ Cakrasaṃvara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Channa (Buddhist character)
........................ Chintamani Lokeshvara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Daiitoku Myōō (Buddhist character)
........................ Daikoku (Japanese deity)
........................ Dakiniten (Buddhist character)
........................ Dhyānī Buddhas (Buddhist characters)
........................ Ebisu (Japanese deity)
........................ En no Gyōja (Buddhist character)
........................ Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist character)
........................ Fukurokuju (Japanese deity)
........................ Gandharvas (HI\indu-Buddhist characters)
........................ Gaṇeśa (Buddhist deity)
........................ Garuda (Hindu-Buddhist bird) [N]
........................ Gōzanze Myōō (Buddhist character)
........................ Guanyin (Buddhist bodhisattva)
........................ Gundari Myōō (Buddhist character)
........................ Halahala (Buddhist deity)
........................ Harihariharivahanodbhava (Buddhist deity)
........................ Hārītī (Buddhist deity)
........................ Hotei (Chinesee character)
........................ Jambala (Buddhist deity)
........................ Jurojin (Taoist character)
........................ Kanthaka (Buddhist legendary horse)
........................ Kāśyapa (Buddhist character)
........................ Khasarpana (Buddhist deity)
........................ Kichijôten (Buddhist character)
........................ Kongara Doji (Buddhist character)
........................ Kongōyasha Myōō (Buddhist character)
........................ Kṣitigarbha (Buddhist bodisattva)
........................ Kuannon (Buddhist deity)
........................ Kuanti (Chinese deity)
........................ Kurukulla (Buddhist character)
........................ Lokanatha (Buddhist deity)
........................ Lokeshvara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Maha Upakut (Buddhist character)
........................ Mahavala (Buddhist deity)
........................ Maitreya (Buddhist bodhisattva)
........................ Manjunātha (Buddhist deity)
........................ Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva)
........................ Mara (Buddhist demon)
........................ Nilakantha (Buddhist deity)
........................ Padmanarttesvaraya (Buddhist deity)
........................ Palden Lhamo (Buddhist deity)
........................ Prajnaparamita (Buddhist character)
........................ Raktalokeshvara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Ratnasambhava (Buddhist deity)
........................ Raudrakṣa (Buddhist character)
........................ Sadaksari-Lokesvara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Seitaka Doji (Buddhist character)
........................ Simhanada (Buddhist deity)
........................ Sthiracakra (Buddhist deity)
........................ Subhūti (Buddhist character)
........................ Suiten (Japanese deity)
........................ Sujáti, Prince (Buddhist character)
........................ Tamdrin (Hindu-Buddhist deity)
........................ Tara (Hindu-Buddhist deity)
........................ Tien-How (Buddhist character)
........................ Trailokyavasankara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Uho Doji (Buddhist character)
........................ Vadirat (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vāgīśvara (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vairocana (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vajra Deities (Buddhist characters)
........................ Vajrabhairava (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vajradhava (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vajrakilaya (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vajrananga (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vajrapāṇi (Buddhist bodhisattva)
........................ Vajrasattva (Buddhist character)
........................ Vajrayoginī (Buddhist deity)
........................ Vasudhara (Buddhist bodhisattva)
........................ Vīmalakirti (Buddhist character)
........................ Yama (Hindu-Buddhist deity) [N]
........................ Yamāntaka (Buddhist deity)
........................ Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character)
........................ Zennishi (Buddhist character)


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