Lokeśvara

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Lokeśvara (T. འཇིག་རྟེན་དབང་). Translated as "Lord of the World," etc.[1] A common title for Avalokiteshvara.[1]

Etymology
  • loka, "world" or "universe", and
  • īśvara, "lord", "sovereign", etc.

Combining the two elements gives Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World").

Synonym
  • Lokanātha (T. འཇིག་རྟེན་མགོན་པོ་), "Lord of the World," "Protector of the World"
See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 འཇིག་རྟེན་དབང་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
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