avalokita

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This is an appropriate title for the God of Mercy, but the obvious meaning of the participle _avalokita_ in Sanskrit is passive, the Lord who is looked at.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
_avalokita_ may be a synonym of _loka_, meaning the visible universe.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896