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Mandarin · pinyin Wén shū

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness

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殊: shū · different, special, unusual

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name · Etymology 1

(Buddhism) Mañjuśrī (bodhisattva associated with prajñā in Mahayana Buddhism)

name · Etymology 2

(～鎮) Wenshu (a town in Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)

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