Avalokitesvara

Avalokitesvara
noun
a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people
Syn: ↑Avalokiteshvara
Instance Hypernyms: ↑Bodhisattva, ↑Boddhisatva

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/uv'euh loh'ki taysh"veuhr euh/, n. Buddhism.
a male Bodhisattva, widely revered and identified with various persons and gods. Cf. Kwan-Yin.

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