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The Glorification of the Bodhisattva Avalokite?vara in K?ra??yavy?ha MITHUN HOWLADAR Ph. D Scholar, Department of Sanskrit, Sidho - Kanho -Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, Email : mithunhowladar1988@gmail.com, M - 7501386746 Corresponding Author : DR SUDIP CHAKRAVORTTI, Assistant Professor, Department of Sanskrit, Sidho - Kanho -Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal Abstract ?rya K?ra??yavy?ha means detail description of the making of a basket. Its Tibetan significance is very clear by rendering Za ma tog bkod pa. The text was translated into Tibetan by the 8th century A.D. when the eminent Lo cha ba, Tibetan translator Ye shes sde rendered it into Tibetan. Prior to that the book was translated into Chinese in different names since 3rd century A.D. to the 4th century A.D. The K?ra??ay?ha S?tra is a very important Mah?y?na Vaypullya S?tra out of nine. K?ra??yavy?ha S?tra, belongs to the Vy?ha categories of Buddhist Mah?y?na S?tras. The text is one of the most important Vy?ha-s?tra from the climax of the large text of the Avata??ataka S?tras. By the 3rd century B.C. Mah?y?na S?tras, developed in different dimension. The Avalokite?vara - gu?a - k?ra??avy?ha - s?tra or known briefly as the k?ra??avy?ha - s?tra is devoted to the glorification of Avalokite?vara in its entirety. The s?tra reports that Avalokite?vara is also said to have create the world , and all the Hindu gods with it. He places the Hindu gods in their places ; they rule by his permission. One of the most important Bodhisatta in Mah?y?na is Avalokite?vara . He is regarded among Mah?y?nists as 'the Bodhisattva of great compassion ' who always available to succor and help out all suffering sentient beings . More importantly , not only Mah?y?nists worship this important Bodhisattva, even non - Mah?y?nists and non - Buddhists also widely respect him. The objective of this research is to see how the glorification of Avalokite?vara is explained in the K?ra??avy?ha S?tra.