Gwan-eum

E279434
Buddhist deity East Asian Buddhist deity bodhisattva

Gwan-eum is the Korean name for Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion widely revered in East Asian Buddhism.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Eleven-Headed Gwan-eum 1
Gwan-eum canonical 1
Gwan-eum Bosal 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist deity ⓘ
East Asian Buddhist deity ⓘ
bodhisattva ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
surface form: Avalokiteshvara

Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
Guanyin ⓘ
surface form: Bodhisattva of Compassion

Gwan-eum ⓘ
surface form: Gwan-eum Bosal

Gwaneum ⓘ
associatedWith compassion ⓘ
healing ⓘ
kindness ⓘ
listening to the cries of the world ⓘ
mercy ⓘ
protection ⓘ
culturalSignificance one of the most popular bodhisattvas in Korean Buddhism ⓘ
depictedAs seated on a rock above the sea ⓘ
standing on a lotus pedestal ⓘ
genderPresentation female in most Korean depictions ⓘ
hasForm Gwan-eum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eleven-Headed Gwan-eum

Gwan-eum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thousand-Armed Gwan-eum

Water-Moon Gwan-eum ⓘ
Gwan-eum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: White-Robed Gwan-eum
iconographicAttribute lotus ⓘ
thousand arms ⓘ
thousand eyes ⓘ
water vase ⓘ
white robes ⓘ
willow branch ⓘ
importantText Avalokiteśvara-related dharani sutras ⓘ
Heart Sutra ⓘ
Lotus Sūtra ⓘ
surface form: Lotus Sutra
KoreanNameOf Guanyin ⓘ
originalGenderInIndianTradition male ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role grantor of children ⓘ
guide to enlightenment ⓘ
protector of sailors ⓘ
savior of beings in distress ⓘ
tradition East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
veneratedIn China ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
worshipPractice bowing before her image ⓘ
chanting her name ⓘ
offering incense ⓘ
reciting dharani ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guanyin → alsoKnownAs → Gwan-eum ⓘ
Gyeryongsan → hasPeak → Gwan-eum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwaneumbong
Gwan-eum → alsoKnownAs → Gwan-eum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwan-eum Bosal
Gwan-eum → hasForm → Gwan-eum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thousand-Armed Gwan-eum
Gwan-eum → hasForm → Gwan-eum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eleven-Headed Gwan-eum
Gwan-eum → hasForm → Gwan-eum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: White-Robed Gwan-eum