Thousand-armed Kannon

is a bodhisattva worshipped in Buddhism. She is one of the six forms of Guanyin.  She is one of the most widely worshipped forms of Guanyin.

Her seed syllable (bījamantra) is  (ह्रीः).

She has  that help her.

She is part of a group of gods called the Kumano Gongen. There is a 12 god version, and a three god version with Amitabha, the Medicine Buddha and Thousand-armed Kannon. She is identified as Izanami-no-Mikoto in this context.https://www.shinguu.jp/_en/files/pdf/KumanoSanzan_en.pdf

She holds many things with her many arms in art. 

In Tibetan Buddhism, she is male.

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