补陀

補陁; 補陀落 (補陀落迦) Potala; Potalaka.

(1) A sea-port on the Indus, the (el) παταλα of the ancients, identified by some with Thaṭtha, said to be the ancient home of Śākyamuni's ancestors.

(2) A mountain south-east of Malakūṭa, reputed as the home of Avalokiteśvara.

(3) The island of Pootoo, east of Ningpo, the Guanyin centre.

(4) The Lhasa Potala in Tibet; the seat of the Dalai Lama, an incarnation of Avalokiteśvara; cf. 普; also written補怛落迦 (or 補但落迦); 逋多 (逋多羅); 布呾洛加.