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Pancaraksa

by Micha F. Lindemans
"Five-fold protection." A group of five Buddhist goddesses who were invoked to grant longevity and to protect villages or areas. They arose through the personification of the five magical formulas (raksa) which were once uttered by Buddha himself.

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