Lord ' and is only a shortened form of the fuller epithet ' LokeSvara Natha'. It is hardly necessary to mention that the epithet LokeSvara is one of the most familiar of the many names of Avalokitesvara and was the one by which he was best known in Cambodia... Buddha in the Crown: Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka - Page 101 by John Clifford Holt - 1991 - 304 pages Limited preview -
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