"毘沙門天" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [bʲiɕa̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 毘沙門天 [canonical] (ruby: (), (しゃ), (もん), (てん)), Bishamonten [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa). Appears to be 毘沙門 (Bishamon, “Vaiśravaṇa”) + 天 (-ten, “deva”). Alternatively, may have been borrowed from Chinese with the suffix already included. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|sa|वैश्रवण}} Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa), {{suffix|ja|毘沙門|天|sort=ひしゃもんてん'|t1=Vaiśravaṇa|t2=deva|tr1=Bishamon|tr2=ten}} 毘沙門 (Bishamon, “Vaiśravaṇa”) + 天 (-ten, “deva”), {{bor|ja|zh|-|sort=ひしゃもんてん'}} Chinese Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|びしゃもんてん}} 毘(び)沙(しゃ)門(もん)天(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 Wikipedia link: Bishamonten, Daijisen, Kyōsuke Kindaichi, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, Vaiśravaṇa, ja:大辞林, ja:大辞泉, ja:新明解国語辞典, ja:松村明, ja:毘沙門天 Categories (topical): Buddhism, Buddhist deities Synonyms: 多聞天 (Tamonten) (ruby: (), (もん), (てん))
    Sense id: en-毘沙門天-ja-name-KBNhi8I8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with 天, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion Coordinate_terms: 七福神 (Shichi Fukujin) (english: The Seven Gods of Good Fortune.), 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju) (english: god of happiness, wealth and longevity.), 大黒 (Daikoku / Daikokuten) (english: 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.), 大黒天 (Daikoku / Daikokuten) (english: 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) (english: the god of longevity.), 恵比須 (Ebisu) (english: god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.), 恵比寿 (Ebisu) (english: god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.), (Ebisu) (english: god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.), (Ebisu) (english: god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.), 布袋 (Hotei) (english: the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.), 弁才天 (Benzaiten) (english: The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.), 弁財天 (Benzaiten) (english: The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.), 吉祥天 (Kisshōten) (english: the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.)

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