The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.117

c5.s2.117

Bhaktapura—Bhâtgâon, the former capital of Nepal. It was also called Bhagatapattana. Narendra Deva, king of this place, is said to have brought Avalokitesvara or Simhanâtha-Lokesvara (Padmapâni) from Putalakâ-parvata in Assam to the city of Lalitapattan in Nepal to ward off the bad effect of a drought of twelve years. The celebrated Shad-aksharî (six-lettered) Mantra "*Om Mani padme hum*" so commonly used in Tibet is an invocation of Padmapâni: it means "The mystic triform Deity is in him of the Jewel and the Lotus," *i.e.* in Padmapâni who bears in either hand a Jewel and a Lotus, the lotus being a favourite type of creative power with the Buddhists.