The generic name of the most popular bodhisattva is Avalokiteshvara, the “Merciful Lord Who Looks on Humanity Filled with Compassion”. He has many names and appearances. The number of heads he has varies from two to eleven, the numbers of arms from two to one thousand. In Nepal, 108 forms of Avalokiteshvara occur that are grouped under the name of Lokanatha or Lokeshvara (“Lord of the World”). Lokeshvara is more easily pronounced than Avalokiteshvara.The various form of Lokeshvara are Amalganations of other Buddhist divinities and Hindi deities. Another common form of Avalokiteshvara is Padmapani. He has two arms and a lotus (Padma) in his hand (pani).In China and Japan, Avalokiteshvara appears in female form, as Kuanyin and Kannon, respectively. Kuanyin is often portrayed as a Chinese Madonna and Child. The reason for the female form is that from an Eastern Asian perspective, compassion and sympathy are none to martial characteristics and befit women more than man. Padmapani’s.He came to earth as a Boddhisattva to relieve humanity’s suffering. He promised to remain and delay his Buddha hood until the last person had been set on the right path to bodhi. In the picture Amitabha appears both in his crown as well as high in the sky, in lotus position, and has the red body color associated with him.countries like Burma and Thailand where Theravada Buddhism is prominent. The beggar’s cup is standard attribute of Amitabha, Shakyamuni, and Bhaisajyaguru. Aside from the position of hands and feet, there are five more characteristic physical hallmarks which a mediator must possess; a straight back, straight shoulders, eye focused on the end of the nose, lips and jaw in a naturally relaxed position, while the tip of the tongue touches the roof of the mouth, and the chin is positioned at the height of the Adam’s apple, from an onlooker’s point of view