Ekādaśamukha
| Ekādaśamukha (Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara) | |
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Colossal Liao dynasty (916 - 1125) clay statue of Ekādaśamukha, or the Eleven Headed Guanyin, in Dule Temple, Tianjin, China. | |
| Sanskrit | एकादशमुख (IAST) Ekādaśamukha |
| Chinese | (Traditional) 十一面觀音(菩薩) (Simplified) 十一面观音(菩萨) (Pinyin: Shíyīmiàn Guānyīn (Púsà)) |
| Japanese | 十一面観音(菩薩)
(romaji: Jūichimen Kannon (Bosatsu)) |
| Korean | 십일면관음(보살)
(RR: Sibilmyeon Gwaneum (Bosal)) |
| Tibetan | བཅུ་གཅིག་ཞལ Wylie: bcu gcig zhal THL: Chuchik Zhel |
| Vietnamese | Thập Nhất Diện Quan Âm (Bồ Tát) |
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| Venerated by | Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna |
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In Buddhism, Ekādaśamukha (Sanskrit: एकादशमुख, IPA: [eːˈkɑːd̪ɐɕɐmukʰɐ], lit. "Eleven-Faced"; Chinese (Traditional): 十一面觀音; Simplified: 十一面观音; pinyin: Shíyīmiàn Guānyīn; Japanese: 十一面観音, Jūichimen Kannon) is a bodhisattva and a manifestation of Avalokiteśvara (known in Chinese as Guanyin), counted as one of six forms of the bodhisattva that represent salvation afforded to beings among the six realms of saṃsāra. Among these incarnations, Ekādaśamukha is believed to save those in the asura realm.
Ekādaśamukha is sometimes also referred to as Avalokiteśvara of the Universally Shining Great Light (大光普照觀世音; Ch. Dàguāng Pǔzhào Guānshìyīn; Jp. Daikō Fushō Kanzeon).