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Buddha's tooth

佛牙 fó​yá
Buddha's tooth
sacred tooth relic of Buddha; Buddhists believe that the teeth of 释迦牟尼 shì​jiā​móu​ní were left behind after his body was cremated, were preserved as holy objects, and are now kept in pagodas

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