Kuan-yin : The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara
by
Chun-fang Yu
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
023112029X
ISBN-13
9780231120296
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Imprint
Columbia University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 22nd, 2001
Print length
688 Pages
Weight
998 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.90 x 3.40 cms
Product Classification:
Buddhism
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This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy"
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