多聞天

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
多 聞 天
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Grade: 2 		もん
Grade: 2 		てん
Grade: 1
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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”)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

多(た)聞(もん)天(てん) • (Tamonten) 

  1. (Buddhism) Synonym of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa”)
    Hypernym: 四天王
    Coordinate terms: 持国天, 増長天, 広目天, 多聞天
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