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A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin, seated in the lotus position on a jade throne, with ten arms, carrying weapons, a bell and round objects. Painting by a Chinese artist. Kuan Yin, the Chinese Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion in her eight-armed form. In Indian Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva is male and called Avalokitesvara, but in China and Japan the bodhisattva of compassion is female Iconographic Collections |
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Short title | V0047144 A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | V0047144 A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin |
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Image title | V0047144 A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin, seated in the lotus position on a jade throne, with ten arms, carrying weapons, a bell and round objects. Painting by a Chinese artist. Kuan Yin, the Chinese Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion in her eight-armed form. In Indian Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva is male and called Avalokitesvara, but in China and Japan the bodhisattva of compassion is female Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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