毘沙門天

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Japanese

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毘沙門天
Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
しゃ
Grade: S
もん
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa).[1][2][3][4]

Appears to be 毘沙門 (Bishamon, Vaiśravaṇa) +‎ (-ten, heaven, heavenly).[1][4]

Alternatively, may have been borrowed from Chinese with the suffix already included.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

()(しゃ)(もん)(てん) (Bishamonten

  1. (Buddhism): the Japanese name for the Hindu god Vaiśravaṇa: a punisher of evildoers, and one of the seven gods of luck

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN