SAHASRABHUJA LOKITESVARA (1000 ARMS)

Sahasrabhuja Avalokitesvara is the cosmic form of Avalokiteswara. He is represented with eleven heads and one thousand arms. These arms are sometime marked with eyes. The eleventh head on the top is that of his parent Tathagata, Amitabha. The tenth head is terrifying and all others are placid. The principal pair of hands is held against the chest in the gesture of adoration while the uppermost hands hold the rosary and the full blown lotus. These four hands thus represent the aspect of the Bodhisattva known as Khacheri. The other four hands display the jewel and the gesture of charity on the right and the pot and bow and arrowon the left.