The thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara
By: Lokesh Chandra ; foreword, Kapila Vatsyayan.
Publisher: Abhinav Publications; Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng; chi; kor; san; tib
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity); Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity) -- Cult.; Buddhist hymns
Description: Study on the Buddhist deity Avalokitesvara, with reconstruction of the original Sanskrit text of the hymn, from the Chinese fragmentary Bhagavad-dharma Amoghavarjra, Vajrabodhi, and Chih-t'ung and from Korean, Sogdian and Tibetan texts. One chapter is devoted to the iconography of the Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara. The sound cassette contains recitations of the hymn in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
Notes: In English, Tibetan & Chinese.

Bibliography: p. 294-303.