Senju-Kannon

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Senju-Kannon (Skt., Sahasrabhuja-sahasranetra, ‘a thousand arms and a thousand eyes’). Kannon (see AVALOKITEŚVARA) with a thousand arms growing from the palm of each hand, each arm having an eye: this enables him to see all distress and act to alleviate it.

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