... is, of course, the name of the great demon of the Råmåya¶a who captures and carries off Sƒtå, Råma’s wife, to the island of La©kå.79Similarly, in the presentation of the myth in the Skanda ... living. It is the eternalmelody of Tibet, which the faithful hears in the murmuring of brooks, in the thundering of waterfalls and in the howling of storms, just as itgreets him from rocks and ... for the action of the s£tra may merely be a way of linking the activity of Avalokiteßvara to the holyland of northeast India.It seems more likely that the s£tra originated in Kashmir. The evidencefor...