Avalokiteshvara, Avalokitesvara, Avalokiteśvara, Avalokita-ishvara: 16 definitions
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Avalokiteshvara has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Avalokiteśvara can be transliterated into English as Avalokitesvara or Avalokiteshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर):—(a + īśvara) m. Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva, der bei den nördlichen Buddhisten im höchsten Ansehen steht, [Burnouf 115. 117. 120. 220. 222. 224. 226] und ebend. [Nalopākhyāna 1. 290. 539. 542. 619.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 261. fgg. 301. 352. 428.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर):—m. Nomen proprium eines Bodhisattva [Kād. (1872) 234,21.] ( āryāva zu lesen).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Ishvara, Avalokita.
Starts with: Avalokiteshvaravimoksha.
Ends with: Aryavalokiteshvara, Shrimadaryavalokiteshvara.
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