"弁天" meaning in All languages combined

See 弁天 on Wiktionary

Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [bẽ̞ntẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 弁天 [canonical] (ruby: (べん), (てん)), Benten [romanization]
Etymology: Shortened from 弁財天 / 弁(べん)才(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten). Etymology templates: {{l|ja|弁財天}} 弁財天, {{ja-l/helper|弁財天||}} 弁財天, {{ja-l|弁財天}} 弁財天, {{ja-r|弁%才%天|^べん%ざい%てん}} 弁(べん)才(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|べんてん}} 弁(べん)天(てん) • (Benten)
  1. (Buddhism, Shinto) Benzaiten, goddess of knowledge and art Categories (topical): Buddhism, Shinto Synonyms: 弁才天
    Sense id: en-弁天-ja-name-MS1mZKq0 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 71 29 Topics: Buddhism, Shinto, lifestyle, religion
  2. any of several places in Japan associated with or named for the goddess
    Sense id: en-弁天-ja-name-j9Rle4mf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 弁天島 (Benten-shima), several islands in Japan associated with the goddess Benzaiten, 弁天山 (Benten-san), several mountains in Japan

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