してんのう

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For pronunciation and definitions of してんのう – see the following entry.
四天王
[noun] (Buddhism) the four gods believed to be watching over the four cardinal directions:
[noun] 持国天 (Jikokuten, Dhṛtarāṣṭra), east
[noun] 増長天 (Zōjōten, Virūḍhaka), south
[noun] 広目天 (Kōmokuten, Virūpākṣa), west
[noun] 多聞天 (Tamonten, Vaiśravaṇa), north
[noun] (by extension) the four most superior individuals within a group or field
(This term, してんのう (shitennō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)