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Japanese
Alternative spelling
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觀自在菩薩 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From 観自在 (kanjizai, literally, “observer of self at rest” or “lord of perception”) + 菩薩 (bosatsu, “bodhisattva”).
Proper noun
観自在菩薩 • (Kanjizai Bosatsu)
- (Buddhism) Synonym of 観世音菩薩 (Kanzeon Bosatsu): Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva
- 7th century CE, Shorter Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya Sutra (translation by Xuanzang)
- 観自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄...
- Kanjizai Bosatsu, gyō jin hannya haramitta ji, shōken goun kai kū, do issai kuyaku...
- When the Perceiving Lord (Avalokiteśvara) bodhisattva went into the state of the perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā), the five aggregates stood empty, transcending all suffering.
- Synonym: 観自在 (Kanjizai)