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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Sapta Tathâgata}}'''. The chief seven ''Nirmânakâyas '' among the numberless ancient world‐guardians. Their names are inscribed on a heptagonal pillar kept in a secret chamber in almost all Buddhist temples in China and Tibet. The Orientalists are wrong in thinking that these are “the seven Buddhist substitutes for the Rishis of the Brahmans.” (See “Tathâgata‐gupta”). | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Sapta Tathâgata}}'''. The chief seven ''Nirmânakâyas '' among the numberless ancient world‐guardians. Their names are inscribed on a heptagonal pillar kept in a secret chamber in almost all Buddhist temples in China and Tibet. The Orientalists are wrong in thinking that these are “the seven Buddhist substitutes for the Rishis of the Brahmans.” (See “Tathâgata‐gupta”). | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Sapta Tathâgata. The chief seven Nirmânakâyas among the numberless ancient world‐guardians. Their names are inscribed on a heptagonal pillar kept in a secret chamber in almost all Buddhist temples in China and Tibet. The Orientalists are wrong in thinking that these are “the seven Buddhist substitutes for the Rishis of the Brahmans.” (See “Tathâgata‐gupta”).
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Sapta Tathagata