毘沙門天

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
しゃ
Grade: S
もん
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
毘沙門天

Etymology

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

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

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゃもんてん [bìshámóꜜǹtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[5][4]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiɕa̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

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. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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