A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s2.7

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The names found in this list are undoubtedly Buddhist, but one of them, found in both Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya, namely Dvādaśabhuja Īśvara Āryāvalokita Nātha, is sometimes given another meaning. Aruṇadatta is completely silent and Indu refrains from twisting the meaning, but the majority of the commentators prefer a Hinduist interpretation. Candranandana gives Devadeveśa as the equivalent of Nātha. Śivadāsasena remarks that the Āryā, joined to Avalokita, is Pārvatī, which implies that Avalokita is Śiva. The Kairalī commentary says, in the same vein, that the deity referred to is Mahādeva (= Śiva), accompanied by his consort Āryā (= Pārvatī). P.V. Sharma¹²⁹ argues that Dvādaśabhuja Īśvara should not be connected with Āryāvalokita; he regards the former deity as Kārttikeya, who is described as having six heads and twelve arms in the Mahābhārata.¹³⁰