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Definition of Kuan yin
1. Noun. (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kuan Yin
Literary usage of Kuan yin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants by John Francis Davis (1840)
"The Sanscrit name of the former (Kuan-yin) is Padma-pani, who represents, on
account of her productive power, the second term. of the Triad, ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1918)
"Yet Kuan- yin is not only a Bodhisattva, but stands on the left, the honourable
side, of Amitabha, and probably receives a greater amount of voluntary ..."
3. Hard Paste Porcelain by Edwin Atlee Barber (1910)
"Figure of kuan yin (Goddess of Mercy). Yung-cheng Period (1723-1735). Museum Xo.
'o2-78o. 15. RICE-GRAIN BOWL. 16. CARVED VASE (1oj^ inches in height), 17. ..."
4. A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems by Arthur Waley (1919)
"CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY HUNDREDS of houses,
thousands of houses,— like a chessboard ..."
5. Essays on the Chinese Language by Thomas Watters (1889)
"A brunette beauty is spoken of as a T'ie (fj), Kuan-yin (from the colour of iron
... This alludes to the fact that Kuan-yin is specially a woman's divinity ..."
6. Egyptian [mythology] by Wilhelm Max Müller, James George Scott (1918)
"Yet Kuan- yin is not only a Bodhisattva, but stands on the left, the honourable
... The real truth seems to be that Kuan- yin is looked upon as sexless, ..."
7. Dawn on the Hills of T'ang: Or, Missions in China by Harlan Page Beach (1905)
"The Giving Sons kuan yin," resembling most strikingly the image of the " Madonna
... Associated with kuan yin in worship is Amitabha, Amita, or 0-mi-t'o, ..."
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