Editing Guanyin (section)

===Avalokitasvara===
[[File:Shrine to a Tang dynasty (896 AD) stone statue of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin (千手觀音 Qianshou Guanyin) in Shengshui Temple (內江聖水寺 Neijiang Shengshui-si) in Neijiang, Sichuan, China Picture 1.jpg|left|thumb|313x313px|Shrine to a [[Tang dynasty]] (896) carved [[Statue|stone statue]] of the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara (or Thousand-Armed Guanyin) in Shengshui Temple (內江聖水寺) in [[Neijiang]], [[Sichuan]], China.]]
''Guānyīn'' is a translation from the Sanskrit ''Avalokitasvara'', the name of the Mahāyāna bodhisattva. Another name for this bodhisattva is ''Guānzìzài'' ({{zh|s=观自在|t=觀自在|first=t|p=Guānzìzài}}), from Sanskrit ''[[Avalokiteśvara]]''. It was initially thought that early translators mistook ''Avalokiteśvara'' for ''Avalokitasvara'' and thus mistranslated ''Avalokiteśvara'' as ''Guānyīn'', which explained why [[Xuanzang]] translated ''Avalokiteśvara'' as ''Guānzìzài''. However, the original form was indeed ''Avalokitasvara'' which contained [[morpheme]] ''svara'' ("sound, noise") and was a compound meaning "sound perceiver", literally "he who looks down upon sound" (i.e., the cries of sentient beings who need help).<ref name="lokeshref"/><ref name=Mironov>{{cite journal |last1=Mironov |first1=N. D. |title=Buddhist Miscellanea |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1927 |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=241–252 |doi=10.1017/S0035869X00057440 |jstor=25221116|s2cid=250344585 }}</ref><ref name="Red Pine 2004 pg 44-45">{{cite book |author-link=Red Pine (author)|last=Pine |first=Red |title=The Heart Sutra: The Womb of the Buddhas |year=2004 |publisher=Shoemaker & Hoard |isbn=1-59376-009-4}} pg 44–45</ref> This is the exact equivalent of the Chinese translation ''Guānyīn''. This etymology was furthered in the Chinese by the tendency of some Chinese translators, notably [[Kumārajīva]], to use the variant ''Guānshìyīn'', literally " One who perceives the world's lamentations"—wherein ''lok'' was read as simultaneously meaning both "to look" and "world" (Skt. ''loka''; Ch. 世, ''shì'').<ref name="Red Pine 2004 pg 44-45"/>

Direct translations from the Sanskrit name ''Avalokitasvara'' include:
* Chinese: Guanyin ({{lang|zh|觀音}}), Guanshiyin ({{lang|zh|觀世音}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.guoxue.com/article.php?articleid=26872 |script-title=zh:国学资讯 – 是“观世音”还是“观音"？——兼谈中国古典学的重要性 |website=news.guoxue.com |access-date=4 December 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016002846/http://news.guoxue.com/article.php?articleid=26872 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Todaiji Monaster Fukuken-saku Kannon of Hokke-do. Todai-ji.jpg|thumb|Amoghapāśa Lokesvara ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: ''Fukūkenjaku Kannon'') with devas Brahma and Indra on either side dated to late 8th century) located at [[Tōdai-ji]], Nara, Japan.|233x233px]]