The milieu of this transliteration is evident from Bhagavaddharma's rendering of the word NД«lakaб№‡б№ha as 'Narakindi' ( Chinese: й‚Је›‰и¬№еўЂ pinyin: NГ luЕЌjЗђnchГ), a Central Asian form of the Sanskrit word. One of the texts contains a colophon at the end: 'Translated at Khotan by the Е›ramaб№‡a Bhagavaddharma of Western India' (иҐїе¤©з«єдјЅжўµйЃ”ж‘©жІ™й–Ђж–јдєЋй—ђиЇ). Twelve scrolls of NД«lakaб№‡б№ha LokeЕ›vara texts in Chinese were found at Dunhuang along the Silk Road in today's Gansu province of China. 0294) translated by a monk from western India named Bhagavaddharma ( Chinese: дјЅжўµйЃ”ж‘© pinyin: JiДЃfГ ndГЎmГі, birth and death dates unknown) between 650-660 CE. The text currently considered to be the standard in most of East Asia is the shorter version, specifically the one found in the so-called 'SЕ«tra of the Vast, Perfect, Unimpeded Great-Compassionate Heart of the Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Avalokitasvara's DhДЃraб№‡Д«' ( Chinese: еЌѓж‰‹еЌѓзњји§Ђдё–йџіиЏ©и–©е»Је¤§ењ“ж»їз„Ўз¤™е¤§ж‚Іеїѓй™Ђзѕ…е°јз¶“ pinyin: QiДЃnshЗ’u qiДЃnyЗЋn GuДЃnshГ¬yД«n pГєsГ guЗЋngdГ yuГЎnmЗЋn wГєГ i dГ bД“ixД«n tuГіluГіnГ jД«ngпј› T. Various different recensions of this dhДЃraб№‡Д« are in existence, which can be classified into two main versions: the shorter text and the longer text. BГєt ThГЎp Temple, BбєЇc Ninh Province, Vietnam Thousand-armed AvalokiteЕ›vara, crimson and gilded wood.

4.3 Comparison of various Sanskrit versions.4.1.3.2 Kazuaki Tanahashi and Joan Halifax.4.1.2 Amoghavajra (TaishЕЌ Tripiб№aka 1113b).4.1.1 Bhagavaddharma (TaishЕЌ Tripiб№aka 1060).2.3.1 Summary of Bhagavaddharma's version.In Japan, it is especially associated with Zen, being revered and recited in Zen schools such as SЕЌtЕЌ or Rinzai. In Korea, copies of the dhДЃraб№‡Д« are hung inside homes to bring auspiciousness. It is often used for protection or purification. From NД«lakaб№‡б№ha AvalokiteЕ›vara, this particular dhДЃraб№‡Д« eventually became associated with another of AvalokiteЕ›vara's forms, namely the thousand-armed ( sahasra-bhuja) one, and became attached to Buddhist texts concerning the thousand-armed AvalokiteЕ›vara.Дifferent versions of this dhДЃraб№‡Д«, of varying length, exist the shorter version as transliterated into Chinese characters by Indian monk Bhagavaddharma in the 7th century enjoys a high degree of popularity in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism - especially in Chinese Buddhism - comparable to that of the six-syllable mantra Oб№ѓ maб№‡i padme hЕ«б№ѓ, which is also synonymous with AvalokiteЕ›vara. Over time, these deities became considered to be the various forms or incarnations of AvalokiteЕ›vara, who was described in texts such as the Lotus Sutra as manifesting himself in different forms according to the needs of different individuals the dhДЃraб№‡Д« thus came to be considered as addressed to AvalokiteЕ›vara as NД«lakaб№‡б№ha, now understood to be a manifestation of the bodhisattva. Hayagriva, Cundi) into the Buddhist pantheon by reciting their dhДЃraб№‡Д«s.

The dhДЃraб№‡Д« is thought to have originally been a recitation of names and attributes of Harihara (a composite form of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Shiva NД«lakaб№‡б№ha 'the blue-necked one' is a title of Shiva) said to have been recited by AvalokiteЕ›vara, who was sometimes portrayed as introducing popular non-Buddhist deities (e.g. The NД«lakaб№‡б№ha DhДЃraб№‡Д«, also known as the MahДЃkaruб№‡ДЃ(-citta) DhДЃraб№‡Д«, MahДЃkaruб№‡ika DhДЃraб№‡Д« or Great Compassion DhДЃraб№‡Д«, (or Mantra) ( Chinese: е¤§ж‚Іе’’ DГ bД“i zhГІu Japanese: е¤§ж‚Іеїѓй™Ђзѕ…е°ј Daihishin darani or е¤§ж‚Іе‘Є Daihi shu Vietnamese: ChГє Д‘бєЎi bi or ДђбєЎi bi tГўm Д‘Г la ni Korean: м‹ л¬мћҐкµ¬лЊЂл‹¤лќјл‹€ ( Hanja: зҐће¦™з« еЏҐе¤§й™Ђзѕ…е°ј) Sinmyo janggu daedarani), is a Most Popular Mahayana Buddhist dhДЃraб№‡Д« associated with the bodhisattva AvalokiteЕ›vara. The NД«lakaб№‡б№ha DhДЃraб№‡Д« engraved on a stele.Temple Fo Ding Shan Chao Sheng in Sanyi Township, Taiwan.

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