Art, Symbol & Imagination
Avalokiteshvara with Eight Arms
Original caption: Avalokitesvara with eight arms
A crowned figure sits upon a great lotus with several arms extending around the body and holding different attributes. Hall captions the photograph The Contemplation of Reality and identifies the bodhisattva as Avalokitesvara.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "Avalokiteshvara with Eight Arms" [source caption]. In The Phoenix, Manly P. Hall. Original illustrated edition, copyright November 1931, 1931, Hall Publishing Company. Source scan leaf 68. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/phoenix-067
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Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Maker or photographer not identified. Avalokiteshvara with Eight Arms. The Phoenix. Scan leaf 68. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/phoenix-067