...Given the importance of the coins bearing the image of Oesho, it is clear that worship of this god was very popular at the time, and it is believed that this worship gave rise to the Bodhisattva Kannon in Mahayana Buddhism. In Buddhism, it is believed that the modifier 'avalokikā' (the watcher) was added to 'Ishvara' to indicate its attributes, making it Avalokiteśvara. Xuanzang (7th century), who knew the correct Sanskrit, translated this as 'Avalokiteśvara'. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "Avalokitesvara" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…オエショの像のある貨幣の重要さからみて,当時この神の信仰は非常に盛んであったことがわかり,この信仰が大乗仏教に観世音菩薩を生み出す契機をもたらしたと思われる。仏教ではイーシュバラにその属性を示す修飾語〈見守るものavalokikā〉をつけてアバローキテーシュバラAvalokiteśvaraとしたものと思われる。正規の梵語を知る玄奘(7世紀)はこれを〈観自在〉と訳した。… ※「アバローキテーシュバラ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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