してんのう

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Japanese

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四天王
(Buddhism) the four gods believed to be watching over the four cardinal directions:
持国天 (Jikokuten, Dhṛtarāṣṭra), east
増長天 (Zōjōten, Virūḍhaka), south
広目天 (Kōmokuten, Virūpākṣa), west
多聞天 (Tamonten, Vaiśravaṇa), north
(by extension) the four most superior individuals within a group or field
(This term, してんのう (shitennō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)