Amongst them six principal schools are:
Size - 3 inches x 3 inches
One half of his body was of a lion and the other half of a man
The name Kuan Yin is short for Kuan Shih Yin (Guan Shi Yin) which means "Observing the Sounds of the World"
Even then he is the god to whom the famous Gayatri Mantra (prayer) is chanted everyday when he rises
Benares Illustrated: James Prinsep With James Prinsep and Benares Sri Navgraha Yantra Amongst them six principal schoolsIf ever there has been an unsung genius, it is James Prinsep. Born in 1799, he had a short life of only forty years, dying in 1840. And yet, considering his wide variety of interests and his seminal contributions in many of these areas, it can, with some confidence, be stated that he was one of the greatest geniuses born in human history. Thus, he was at the same time a physicist, a chemist, an anthropologist, a geologist, a meteorologist, a