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Kuan Yin   /kwɑn jɪn/   Listen
Kuan Yin

noun
1.
(Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.  Synonym: Kwan-yin.





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... 212. Still more strangely the Patriarch Asvaghosha (Ma Ming) is represented by a female figure. On the other hand the monk Ta Sheng (c. 705 A.D.) is said to have been an incarnation of the female Kuan Yin. Manjusri is said to be worshipped in Nepal sometimes as a male, sometimes as a female. See Bendall and Haraprasad, Nepalese MSS. ...
— Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot


Words linked to "Kuan Yin" :   Buddhism, Chinese deity, Kwan-yin


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