多聞天

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
もん
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

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多聞 (all hearing) +‎ (deva), Middle Chinese 多聞天王 (MC ta mjun|mjunH then hjwang|hjwangH, literally “All-Hearing Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa, literally All Hearer)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ta̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

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()(もん)(てん) (Tamonten

  1. (Buddhism) Synonym of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, Vaiśravaṇa)
    Hypernym: 四天王
    Coordinate terms: 持国天, 増長天, 広目天, 多聞天