毘沙門

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毘	沙	門
び Jinmeiyō	しゃ Grade: S	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

毘沙門

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiɕa̠mõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

毘(び)沙(しゃ)門(もん) • (Bishamon) 

1. (Shinto) Bishamonten, Japanese name for the Hindu god Vaiśravaṇa

   Synonyms: 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten), 多聞天 (Tamonten)

Usage notes

Bishamonten is the god of warfare and warriors, and punisher of evildoers. One of the seven gods of luck.

Related terms

• 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
• 大黒 / 大黒天 (Daikoku / Daikokuten): the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops.
• 寿老人 (Jurōjin): the god of longevity.
• 恵比須 / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
• 布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
• 弁才天 / 弁財天 (べんざいてん, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
• 吉祥天 (Kitsushōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.

See also

• 毘沙門 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Bishamonten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia