White-robed Guanyin (lotus flower)

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White-robed Guanyin from China, c. 1600-1700; currently in Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
White-robed Guanyin, Pematangsiantar, Indonesia.
Guanyin of Nanshan statue, on the south coast of China's island province Hainan.

White-robed Guanyin (C. Báiyī Guānyīn 白衣觀音; Skt. Pāṇḍaravāsinī-Avalokitêśvara). Also known as Bàn ná luō mó xī níng 半拏囉嚩悉寧 (Skt. Pāṇḍara-vāsinī). A form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara found in East Asian Buddhism.

There are a number of different variations of Guanyin in white robes. This form, in which Guanyin stands or sits on a lotus flower, is one of the thirty-three forms of Avalokiteśvara in East Asian Buddhism.[1]

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  1. ↑ 白衣觀音, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
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