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普賢

简普贤 · 繁普賢

Mandarin · pinyin Pǔ xián

Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth

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普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
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贤: xián · virtuous, worthy, good; able

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(Buddhism) (～菩薩) Samantabhadra bodhisattva

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