Search Result for "kwan-yin":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon;
[syn: Kwan-yin, Kuan Yin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kwan yin \Kwan yin\, Kwan-yin \Kwan-yin\prop. n. (Buddhism) A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon. Syn: Kuan Yin. [WordNet 1.5]
