TheSixteen Arhats (Chinese: 十六羅漢,pinyin:Shíliù Luóhàn,Rōmaji:Jūroku Rakan;Tibetan: གནས་བརྟན་བཅུ་དྲུག, "Neten Chudrug") are a group of legendaryArhats inBuddhism. The grouping of sixteen Arhats was brought to China, and later to Tibet, from India. In China, an expanded group ofEighteen Arhats later became much more popular, but worship of the sixteen Arhats still continues to the present day in China, Japan and Tibet. In Japan sixteen Arhats are particularly popular inZen Buddhism, where they are treated as examples of behaviour.^[1] In Tibet, the sixteen Arhats, also known as sixteen sthaviras ('elders') are the subject of a liturgical practice associated with the festival of the Buddha's birth,^[2] composed by the Kashmiri teacher Shakyahribhadra (1127-1225).^[3] They are also well represented in Tibetan art.^[4]

The sixteen Arhats are:

• Ming dynasty painting scroll of the Sixteen Arhats byWu Bin.China. Currently held in theMetropolitan Museum of Art
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• Ming dynasty painting scroll of the Sixteen Arhats byQiu Ying.China. Currently held in theMetropolitan Museum of Art
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• Qing dynasty painting scroll of the Sixteen Arhats byShitao.China. Currently held in theMetropolitan Museum of Art
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• The Sixteen Arhats from theAlice S. Kandell Collection
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  Arhats Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola
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  Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka-Bharadvaja, and Bhadra
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  Arhats Ajita, Kalika, and Vanavasin
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  Arhats Panthaka, Nagasena, Gopaka, and Abheda

• Other depictions of the Sixteen Arhats in Art
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  Painting ofAńgaja (Yīnjiētuó zūnzhě), out of a set depicting the sixteen arhats, byGuanxiu.9th - 10th century.China.
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  Song dynasty painting ofAńgaja (Yīnjiētuó zūnzhě), out of a set depicting the sixteen arhats.China. Currently held in theTokyo National Museum.
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  Song dynasty painting ofGopaka/Jīvaka (Róngbójiā zūnzhě), out of a set depicting the sixteen arhats.China. Currently held in theTokyo National Museum.
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  Covered Box in the Shape of Sixteen Arhats in a Begging Bowl
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  Pindolabharadrāja (Binzuru) statue in Mitsu-tera Temple,Osaka,Japan.
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  Ańgaja (Ingada sonja) holding astupika in his right hand.Musée Guimet.

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