Vaisravana

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Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa).

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Vaiśravaṇa

  1. A Buddhist deity, considered one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
    Synonyms: Vessavaṇa, Bishamonten
    • 1997, Cuong Tu Nguyen, Zen in Medieval Vietnam‎, page 73:
      Vaiśravaṇa (Pi Sha Men) came to China from Khotan and was being worshipped in his own right by around the seventh century C.E.
    • 2014, Meir Shahar, “Indian mythology and the Chinese imagination”, in John Kieschnick, Meir Shahar, editors, India in the Chinese Imagination‎, page 44:
      The mysterious Naṇa’s connection to the Chinese Nazha (Nezha) is unmistakable. The two young divinities share similar names, and an identical residence (Vaiśravaṇa’s Palace).

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