'Siva and Avalokitezvara

[N. Ganesan]

Indeed, Avalokitezvara has legends from other Hindu Gods.
Purushasuukta legend is told for Avalokita too; Some
from Krishna cycle also. However, the majority of myths
are from 'Saivaite corpus. As time passes by, Avalokita
more and more resembles 'Siva.

Both Avalokita and 'Siva are called dRshTiguru.

Mallmann's classic study of Avalokitezvara (p. 114):
Avalokitezvara has trizUla, kapAla, khaDga, vajra,
pAza, aGkuza, ghaNTaa, agni, zakti (lance), khaTvAGga,
Damaru, Dhakka, dhanus (cApa), bana (zara).

1)KaaraNDavyUha's mantra Om maNi padme hUm is really
'Saivaite motif, linga-yoni (A. Francke, JRAS, 1915).

2) In Sanskrit tradition, 'Siva (padamanJjari)  and
Avalokita (manjusrimulakalpa) inspire Panini;
In Tamil tradition, contemporaneously 'Siva (Kamban)
and Avalokita (viiracOzhiyam) insprire Agastya.

Regards,
N. Ganesan


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