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  Ti Tsang

 

China

A figurine of Ti Tsang (fig.), the Chinese bodhisattva of hell beings, known in Sanskrit as Ksitigarbha. Here he is depicted wearing a typical Chinese monk's hat and holding a khakkhara (fig.), a Buddhist beggar's staff, as well as a chintamani (fig.), a wishing jewel.

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