The thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara

A Fundamental Work Based On Original Sanskrit, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, The Lost Iranian Language Sogdian And Tibetan Works-On The Origin Of Avalokitesvara. It Indentifies The Several Prevalent Folk-Deities Which Were Assimilated Into The Iconographical Form. The Worship Of Avalokitesvara Was Accompanied By A Dharani (Recited Hymn). This Work Describes Five Versions Of Thedharani. The Dharani Is An Essential Part Of The Zen Repertoire Of Sutras. It Was Transliterated Into Chinese Eight Times Over A Span Of Eight Enturies: From The 7 Th To The 14 Th Century. The Present Edition Is Not Only A Reconstruction Of The Original Sanskrit Text Of The Hymn, But A Detailed Study With The Texts Of Bhagavad-Dharma Amoghavajra, Vajrabodhi And Chih-T Ung In Chinese Characters. The Korean, Sogdian, And Tibetan Texts Are Also Given In Their Indigenous Scripts. Siddham Manuscripts From Korea And Japan Have Been Done In Facsimile. Popular Iconic Vocabulary Becomes The Essence Of Ever-Renewing Theogony. From An Attendant Acolyte Of Amitabha In The Sukhavativyuha, Avalokita Gained Independence As A Separate Deity In His Own Right. The System Of Iconographic Classification Of 33 Types, With Their Symbols, Bijas And Mudras Presents A New Model For Buddhist Iconographic Studies. The Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Tibetan And Sogdian Transliterations Of Sanskrit Hymns To The Thousand-Eyed, Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara Have The Attributes Of Hari And Hara And Have The Faces Of Narasimha And Varaha. In Reconstructing These Versions It Became Imperative That Sanskrit Texts Bearing On Harihara Be Consulted And The Iconography Of Harihara Be Analysed With Precision. The 36 Orphological Types Of Harihara Have Been Defined In A Succinct Manner On The Principles Of Icono-Taxonomy. A Novel Departure In The Study Of The History Of Art. Comparison Has Resulted In The Discovery Of The Mythogenesis Of Primal Arya Avalokitesvara, As Well As His Form With A Thousand Arms, With A Thousand Eyes On Each Of... 001_PP1 002_PA1 003_PA2 004_PA5 005_PA6 006_PA7 007_PA8 008_PA9 009_PA10 010_PA11 011_PA12 012_PA13 013_PA14 014_PA15 015_PA16 016_PA17 017_PA18 018_PA19 019_PA20 020_PA21 021_PA22 022_PA23 023_PA24 024_PA25 025_PA26 026_PA27 027_PA28 028_PA29 029_PA30 030_PA31 031_PA32 032_PA33 033_PA34 034_PA35 035_PA36 036_PA37 037_PA38 038_PA39 039_PA40 040_PA41 041_PA42 042_PA43 043_PA44 044_PA45 045_PA46 046_PA47 047_PA48 048_PA49 049_PA50 050_PA51 051_PA52 052_PA53 053_PA54 054_PA55 055_PA56 056_PA57 057_PA58 058_PA59 059_PA60 060_PA61 061_PA62 062_PA63 063_PA64 064_PA64-IA1 065_PA64-IA2 066_PA64-IA3 067_PA64-IA4 068_PA64-IA6 069_PA65 070_PA66 071_PA67 072_PA69 073_PA70 074_PA71 075_PA72 076_PA73 077_PA74 078_PA75 079_PA76 080_PA77 081_PA78 082_PA79 083_PA80 084_PA81 085_PA82 089_PA86 090_PA87 091_PA88 093_PA90 095_PA92 097_PA94 098_PA95 099_PA96 100_PA97 101_PA98 102_PA99 103_PA100 104_PA101 105_PA102 106_PA103 107_PA104 108_PA105 109_PA106 110_PA107 111_PA108 112_PA109 113_PA110 115_PA112 116_PA113 117_PA114 118_PA115 119_PA116 120_PA117 121_PA118 122_PA119 123_PA120 125_PA122 126_PA123 129_PA126 131_PA128 132_PA129 133_PA130 134_PA131 135_PA132 136_PA133 137_PA134 138_PA135 139_PA136 140_PA137 141_PA138 142_PA139 143_PA140 144_PA141 145_PA142 150_PA147 151_PA148 154_PA151 159_PA156 160_PA157 164_PA161 170_PA167 176_PA173 177_PA174 179_PA176 180_PA177 181_PA178 185_PA182 189_PA186 190_PA187 191_PA188 192_PA189 193_PA190 194_PA193 195_PA194 257_PT9 Study On The Buddhist Deity Avalokitesvara, With Reconstruction Of The Original Sanskrit Text Of The Hymn, From The Chinese Fragmentary Bhagavad-dharma Amoghavarjra, Vajrabodhi, And Chih-t'ung And From Korean, Sogdian And Tibetan Texts. One Chapter Is Devoted To The Iconography Of The Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara. The Sound Cassette Contains Recitations Of The Hymn In Korean, Japanese, And Chinese. Lokesh Chandra ; Foreword, Kapila Vatayayan. Includes Text Of Prayers In Chinese, Japanese, And Korean. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 294-303).