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 - a [[person]].
   - [[bodhisattva]] of [[compassion]].
   - #pull [[avalokiteshvara]]
+  - [[a va lo ki tas va ra]] (which I take to be [[7]] syllables]] is their original name, meaning one who perceives the sounds of sentient beings.