Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara - Chun-fang Yu - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231120296 - March 22, 2001
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Chun-fang Yu
Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara

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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"

688 pages, 48 black & white halftones, 2 maps

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 22, 2001
ISBN13 9780231120296
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 688
Dimensions 159 × 234 × 34 mm   ·   998 g
Language English  

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