Xianglong Luohan
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Xianglong Luohan, also known as the Taming Dragon Arhat, is an arhat and one of the Eighteen Arhats in China. His Sanskrit name is Nandimitra and origins are said to derive from a Buddhist monk Mahākā
A statue of Xianglong Luohan
Statue of Taming Dragon Lohan in the Mahavira Hall of Nanquan Temple.
Reliefof Xianglong Luohan
Mahākāśyapa
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Mahākāśyapa was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He is regarded in Buddhism as an enlightened disciple, being foremost in ascetic practice. Mahākāśyapa assumed leadership of the monas
Xianglong Luohan
…arhat and one of the Eighteen Arhats in China. His Sanskrit name is Nandimitra (難提蜜多羅 Nántímìduōluó) and origins are said to derive from a Buddhist monk Mahākāśyapa. The legendary Chan Buddhist monk Ji Gong, was widely recognised by people as the incarnate of the Xianglong Luohan. Originally there were only sixteen…
Mahākāśyapa holding a reliquary, sixth century CE, Hebei province, China
Pippala Cave in Rajgir, where Mahākāśyapa is recorded to have stayed
A young Mahākāśyapa, wood, eighteenth century, Korea
Mahākāśyapa