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Snapshot
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Function
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Japanese
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Chinese
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Sanskrit
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Korean
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Tibetan
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Medicine or Healing Buddha; cures ailments, especially eye problems
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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来
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Yaoshi Yàoshī Yao-shih 藥師如來
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Bhaisajya, Bhaiṣajya, Bhaisajyaguru Bhaiṣajya-guru Bhaiṣajya-rāja
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Yaksa Yeorae, 약사
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Menla, Men la, Sangye Menla
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Yakushi Buddha & Sho-Kannon PRAYING HANDS AMULET Buddha of Medicine & Healing together with Goddess of Mercy
PRICE = $120 + $20 Shipping x 5% Tax = GRAND TOTAL $147.00
Jp. = Yakushi Nyorai, Chinese = Yàoshī Rúlái. Lovely praying-hand design that folds open to reveal two deities inside. Intricately carved and finely balanced. The praying-hands model is perhaps the best deal overall at our eStore in terms of price, size, and artistic merit.
- Wood = Boxwood (Jp. = Tsuge)
- Centimeters = H 8.5 x W 10.5 x D 5.0
- Yakushi Buddha, the Healer, seated on a lotus, holding a medicine jar in left hand, with right hand forming the Fear Not Mudra. In Japan, said to be especially adept at curing eye ailments. See Yakushi Top Page for more details.
- Sho-Kannon (the "pure and sacred" form of Kannon Bodhisattva, one of Japan's most beloved deities) holding a lotus bud in the left hand and forming an inverted version of the Fear Not Mudra with the right; see Kannon Top page.
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Hinged at the back; front pin for closing |
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 English names shown above do not appear on statue.

  Pin at front of piece for closing/opening the statue
 
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