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Definition[1]

The shining hill, or monastery, a name for the abode of Guanyin, said to be in India, and called Potala.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

===(地名)觀音之住處,補多羅山Potalaka之別名。六十華嚴經五十一記善財童子之南詢曰:「漸漸遊行,至光明山。登彼山上,周遍推求,見觀世音住山西阿。」探玄記十九曰:「光明山者,彼山樹華,常有光明,表大悲光明普門示現。此山在南印度南邊,天竺本名逋多羅山,此無正翻,以義譯之,名小樹蔓莊嚴山。」

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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