Home›Sources›Michelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)SourcesMichelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Michelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/wang-mavcor-thousand-armed-avalokiteshvara-2013.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Michelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/wang-mavcor-thousand-armed-avalokiteshvara-2013Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-michelle-c-wang-thousand-armed-and-thous, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Michelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/wang-mavcor-thousand-armed-avalokiteshvara-2013}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA scholarly essay by Michelle C. Wang, published in MAVCOR's Conversations journal in 2013, analysing a Tang dynasty painting of the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara held by the British Museum, tracing the form's textual basis to the Lotus Sutra and the Karandavyuha Sutra, its meaning as a visual metaphor for the bodhisattva's omniscience and boundless capacity to aid suffering beings, and its standing as the Great Compassionate One central to Tang and Song devotional practice. Read here to corroborate the form's meaning and textual basis, not for facts specific to the Philadelphia sculpture.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedMichelle C. WangPublisherWell-attestedMAVCOR (Material and Visual Cultures of Religion), Yale UniversityPublication YearWell-attested2013URLWell-attestedhttps://mavcor.yale.edu/conversations/object-narratives/thousand-armed-and-thousand-eyed-avalokiteshvaraSource TypeWell-attestedacademic articleAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier one: a peer reviewed scholarly essay by a named specialist in Buddhist art history, published by a university research center devoted to material religion.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAvalokiteshvara, Figures Well-attested This source names Avalokiteshvara directly: "the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara held by the British Museum, tracing the form's textual basis to the Lotus Sutra and the Karandavyuha Sutra, its meaning as a visual metaphor for..."Source Michelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)Michelle C. Wangtier 1Avalokiteshvara, Deities Well-attested This source names Avalokiteshvara directly: "the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara held by the British Museum, tracing the form's textual basis to the Lotus Sutra and the Karandavyuha Sutra, its meaning as a visual metaphor for..."Source Michelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)Michelle C. Wangtier 1Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.Well-attested7SourcesMichelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)Holds2SourcesMichelle C. Wang, "Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara" (MAVCOR, 2013)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year