The Creation of Avalokiteśvara: Exploring His Origin in the Northern Āgamas
Through intertextual analyses between the northern Āgamas, Ava-lokiteśvara’s (A.) iconography-quality, and the early A.-related texts, this research argues that A. is a composite character representing the Buddha’s entire bodhisattva aspect. His iconography is based on Sumedha in the Dīpaṃkara Buddh...
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Simon Fraser University, David See Chai Lam Centre for International Communication
2017
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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 12, Pages: 1-62 |
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