Scan barcode
312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231190121
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 18 February 2020
Description
The goddess Guanyin began in India as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, originally a male deity. He gradually became indigenized as a female deity in China over the span of nearly a millennium. By the Ming (1358-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods, G...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231190121
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 18 February 2020
Description
The goddess Guanyin began in India as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, originally a male deity. He gradually became indigenized as a female deity in China over the span of nearly a millennium. By the Ming (1358-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods, G...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings