"多聞天" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [ta̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 多聞天 [canonical] (ruby: (), (もん), (てん)), Tamonten [romanization]
Etymology: 多聞 (“all hearing”) + 天 (“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”) Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|多聞|天|sort=たもんてん|t1=all hearing|t2=deva}} 多聞 (“all hearing”) + 天 (“deva”), {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=たもんてん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|多聞天王|lit=All-Hearing Heavenly King}} 多聞天王 (MC ta mjun|mjunH then hjwang|hjwangH, literally “All-Hearing Heavenly King”), {{cal|ja|sa|वैश्रवण|lit=All Hearer|nocap=y|sort=たもんてん}} calque of Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa, literally “All Hearer”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|たもんてん}} 多(た)聞(もん)天(てん) • (Tamonten)
  1. (Buddhism) Synonym of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa”) Categories (topical): Buddhist deities Synonyms: 毘沙門天 [synonym, synonym-of]

Alternative forms

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