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Longnü (; Sanskrit: ''nāgakanya''; Vietnamese: ''Long nữ''), translated as ''Dragon Daughter'', 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 (; Sanskrit: ''nāgarāja'') of the East Sea. ==In the Lotus Sūtra== Longnü is depicted in the 12th Chapter of the ''Lotus Sūtra'' (Skt. ''Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra'') as being full of wisdom and achieving instant enlightenment. In the ''Lotus Sūtra'', Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva speaks of her, saying: There is the daughter of the nāga king Sāgara who is only eight years old. She is wise; her faculties are sharp; and she also well knows all the faculties and deeds of sentient beings. She has attained the power of recollection. She preserves all the profound secret treasures of the Buddhas, enters deep in meditation, and is well capable of discerning all dharmas. She instantly produced the thought of enlightenment (Skt. ''bodhicitta'') and has attained the stage of nonretrogression. She has unhindered eloquence and thinks of sentient beings with as much compassion as if they were her own children. Her virtues are perfect. Her thoughts and explanations are subtle and extensive, merciful, and compassionate. She has a harmonious mind and has attained enlightenment. However, the Buddha's disciple Śāriputra, a Sravaka, does not believe that a woman can attain buddhahood. In response, the nāga maiden offers a pearl to the Buddha, symbolizing her life and ego, and he accepts it. She then instantly transforms into a perfected male bodhisattva, and then attains complete enlightenment. According to Schuster, the Lotus Sutra´s argument "is directed against the notion that some bodies (male) are fit for the highest destinies, and other bodies (female) are not." In Chan Buddhism, the story was taken as an example to emphasize the potential of sudden awakening. In some other sutras she offers the pearl to Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Longnü」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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