page_title: Longnü
hierarchical_section_title: Longnü
caption_attribution_description: English: Avalokitasvara Bodhisattva, attended by the Lotus Sutra Nagakanya (Long Nu) and Sudhana. Many other figures surround her as well, such as Xuanzang. Outside the frame of the photo, there are also Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Manjusri Bodhisattva.
context_page_description: Longnü, translated as Dragon Girl, along with Sudhana are considered acolytes of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in Chinese Buddhism. However, there are no scriptural sources connecting both Sudhana and Longnü to Avalokiteśvara at the same time. It is suggested that the acolytes are representations of the two major Mahāyāna texts, the Lotus Sūtra and the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, in which Longnü and Sudhana appear, respectively.
  The depiction of Longnü and Sudhana with Avalokiteśvara may have been influenced by the Jade Maiden and Golden Youth who both appear in the iconography of the Jade Emperor. She is described as being the eight-year-old daughter of the Dragon King of the East Sea.
context_section_description: Longnü (traditional Chinese: 龍女; simplified Chinese: 龙女; pinyin: Lóngnǚ; Sanskrit: nāgakanyā; Vietnamese: Long nữ), translated as Dragon Girl, along with Sudhana are considered acolytes of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in Chinese Buddhism. However, there are no scriptural sources connecting both Sudhana and Longnü to Avalokiteśvara at the same time. It is suggested that the acolytes are representations of the two major Mahāyāna texts, the Lotus Sūtra and the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, in which Longnü and Sudhana appear, respectively.
  The depiction of Longnü and Sudhana with Avalokiteśvara may have been influenced by the Jade Maiden (Chinese: 玉女; pinyin: Yùnǚ) and Golden Youth (traditional Chinese: 金僮; simplified Chinese: 金童; pinyin: Jīntóng) who both appear in the iconography of the Jade Emperor. She is described as being the eight-year-old daughter of the Dragon King (traditional Chinese: 龍王; simplified Chinese: 龙王; pinyin: Lóng Wáng; Sanskrit: nāgarāja) of the East Sea.
caption: Avalokiteśvara with Longnü (left) and Sudhana (right).
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