Longnü

Also known as Dragon Girl, Nāgakanyā, Longnv, Longnu, Longnyu, Dragon Princess

thumb|right|Avalokiteśvara with Longnü (left) and Sudhana (right).

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native label: 龍女
Commons category: Nāgakanya
narrative age: 8

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In the Lotus Sūtra
In folk tales
Tale of the Southern Seas
The Precious Scrolls
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

thumb|right|Avalokiteśvara with Longnü (left) and Sudhana (right).

Longnü (; Sanskrit: nāgakanyā; Vietnamese: Long nữ), translated as Dragon Girl, along with Sudhana are considered acolytes of the bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) in Chinese Buddhism. Her presence in Guanyin's iconography was influenced by tantric sutras celebrating the esoteric Amoghapāśa and Thousand-armed forms of Guanyin, which mention Longnü offering Guanyin a priceless pearl in gratitude for the latter visiting the Dragon King's palace at the bottom of the ocean to teach the inhabitants her salvific dharani.