Guanyin
English
A 16th-century statue of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) from the Nhân Trai Pagoda in Haiphong, Vietnam. The statue is now in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi.
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Proper noun
Guanyin
- (religion, Buddhism) The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.
Translations
the bodhisattva of compassion
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