Avalokitesvara

American  

[uhv-uh-loh-ki-teysh-ver-uh] / ˌʌv əˌloʊ kɪˈteɪʃ vər ə /

noun

Buddhism.

1. a male Bodhisattva, widely revered and identified with various persons and gods.

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Example Sentences

They can be marvelously refined, like the 7th century to 8th century standing figure of the Buddha of the afterlife, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, the power of Avalokitesvara was separated from his protecting care and providence.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot

The Japanese Kwannon, or Kwanze-on, is identical in origin with the Chinese virgin-goddess Kwanyin adopted by Buddhism as an incarnation of the Indian Avalokitesvara.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

Buddha himself, I feel convinced, never knew even the names of Amitâbha, Avalokitesvara, or Sukhavatî.

From Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

To the worshippers of whom Fa-Hsien speaks, Kwan-she-yin would only be Avalokitesvara.

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian, ca. 337-422