Shadakshari Lokeshvara is a deity in Buddhist folklore, from Tibet. A particular four-armed manifestation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara associated with compassion and represented as lord of the six realms of existence. In museum and catalogue contexts this form is linked closely to the six-syllable mantra om mani padme hum and to seed-syllable imagery (hrih) in devotional hangings and portable art.
No discrete origin myth or creation narrative for Shadakshari Lokeshvara is provided in the cited museum and encyclopedic sources. The material available is iconographic and cataloguing description: the figure is treated as a manifestation of Avalokiteśvara, configured in relation to the six realms and mantric practice, rather than presented through a mythic biography or origin tale.
Described in the sources as a four-armed variant of Avalokiteśvara whose inner hands are held to the chest in anjalimudra (the gesture of adoration). In a documented woven hanging the image appears with a lotus and inscriptions; the hanging bears the seed syllable hrih at the top with the mantra om mani padme hum beneath it, and a Tibetan-language invocation (to Mahashri) at the lower edge. The museum description emphasizes silk damask weaving that makes the image seem to shimmer with changes of light and viewing angle.
Sources attribute devotional and soteriological functions to this form: it is regarded as Avalokiteśvara in the role of lord of the six realms (hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, demigods, and gods) and is described as personifying the mantra om mani padme hum. The literature frames these as representational and ritual roles—serving as a focus for compassion and mantra practice—rather than as descriptions of autonomous, malevolent, or mischievous agency.
Weaknesses
- otherNo weaknesses documented in sources
Wards
- otherNo wards or protective measures against Shadakshari Lokeshvara are documented in the provided sources; the figure is treated devotionally rather than as an adversary.
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- [4]1930s Kyoto Japanese home movie (contextual temple practice). Home-movie footage (archival film) showing temple practices and devotional contexts relevant to bodhisattva veneration.other