観かん音のん菩ぼ薩さつ

• 観かん音のん

  Abbreviated form of 観音菩薩; more common in everyday reference and temple names.

• 観かん世ぜ音おん

  Older, fuller transliteration of Avalokiteśvara; less common than 観音 or 観音菩薩.

• 観かん音のん菩ぼ薩さつ

  Standard modern spelling.

• 觀かん音のん菩ぼ薩さつ
  out-dated kanji form

  Old-form kanji spelling; rarely used outside historical or traditional contexts.

From Chinese 觀音菩薩 (Guānyīn Púsà), itself a translation of Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. The Japanese reading かんのんぼさつ reflects the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of the characters.