In Vajrayana Buddhism, one of the forms of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Lokanatha is portrayed sitting in lalitasana on a double lotus throne, his hands raised in varada mudra, adorned in jewellery and crowned with a jatamukuta.
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