Avalokiteshvara (Skt. isvara = The Lord).
Major bodhisattva of the Mahayana school of Buddhism.
His name means “The one who looks down” or “The one who hears the sound” and is associated with compassion and divinity.
He is often represented in Tankas (elaborate Buddhist art) with several heads and up to a thousand arms.
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