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Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara [Buy it!] | Chün-fang Yü | USD 58.54 (Sun Jun 2 05:07:37 2024) | Abebooks | Kennys Bookstore | ISBN10: 023112029X, ISBN13: 9780231120296, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Softcover This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition - the Indian (male) bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, or the embodiment of compassion - into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin, or the "Goddess of Mercy" Num Pages: 688 pages, 48 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 932. . 2000. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000] |