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English: This Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is located in Cave 2. He is identified by the seated Buddha (Amitabha) in his crown. He is identified by the seated Buddha (Amitabha) in his crown. His left hand is in the position of displaying a flower (not sculpted, but the stem would go between his thumb and index finger).
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The only Mahayana deity that has entered the worship of ordinary Buddhists in Theravada Buddhism is Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. In Sri Lanka, he is known as Natha-deva and is mistaken by the majority for the Buddha yet to come, Bodhisattva Maitreya. The figure of Avalokitesvara is usually found in the shrine room near the Buddha image. [19]
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