Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom

The youthful Manjushri, referrred to as kumara, or "boyish", in his parent text, the Prajnaparamita, is seated on a waisted lotus throne, the base of which bears the female donor's simple inscription around three sides. Manjushri's handheld identifiers are thne wisdom book (pustaka), blue lotus, and rosary, and a fourth now-lost identifier—perhaps a second blue lotus or the sword. In affirmation of Manjushri's child nature, his hair at the back is in three long braids, and he wears a tiger-claw pendant (vyaghra-nakha), which was favored by parents as a protective talisman for children.