D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kwan yin

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01 prop. n. A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.
  1. 1.
    A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.(Buddhism)
Syn. Kuan Yin.