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Avalokiteśvara
- AvalokiteśvaraThe Sanskrit name Avalokiteśvara combines three distinct linguistic parts. The prefix ava means down. Lokita is a past participle of the verb lok, meaning to…
- Om mani padme humThe first known description of the six-syllable mantra appears in the Kāraņavyūha Sūtra, a text dating from the 4th to 5th centuries.