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Amoghapasa

Amoghapasa, Buddhist god, is a variety of Avalokitesvara, depicted with one head and six, eight or twenty arms. His attributes are the arrow, bell, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, rosary, staff, and tiger skin. A.G.H.

Source:

Jordan, Michael, Encyclopedia of Gods, New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1993, p. 14