毘沙門天

Japanese

毘沙門天

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

Appears to be 毘沙門 (Bishamon, “Vaiśravaṇa”) +‎ 天 (-ten, “heaven, heavenly”).[1][4]

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

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) びしゃもんてん [bìshámóꜜǹtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[5][4]
- IPA^(key): [bʲiɕa̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

毘沙門天 (hiragana びしゃもんてん, rōmaji Bishamonten)

(Buddhism): the Japanese name for the Hindu god Vaiśravaṇa: a punisher of evildoers, and one of the seven gods of luck

七福神 (しちふくじん, Shichi Fukujin): The Seven Gods of Good Fortune.
福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
大黒 / 大黒天 (Daikoku / Daikokuten): the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops.
寿老人 (Jurōjin): the god of longevity.
恵比須 / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
弁才天 / 弁財天 (べんざいてん, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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