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Avalokiteshvara, the compassionate bodhisattva, shown with 11 heads and 8 arms, symbolic of his ability to sense humankind's needs everywhere in the universe; in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Neth.
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bodhisattva sculpture
Mogao Caves: Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva from Nanchao, an ancient Tai kingdom (now in Yunnan province, China), bronze, 13th century; in the British Museum, London. Height 44 cm.
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Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion; Takasaki, Japan.
Mrga Jataka
thang-ka
Bodhisattva, painted clay, 11th century, Liao dynasty; in the lower Huayan Temple, Datong, Shanxi province, China.
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