多聞天

多聞天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	聞	天
た Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

多聞 (“all hearing”) +‎ 天 (“deva”), Middle Chinese 多聞天王 (MC tɑ mɨun|mɨun^H tʰen ɦʉɐŋ|ɦʉɐŋ^H, literally “All-Hearing Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa, literally “All Hearer”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠mõ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

多(た)聞(もん)天(てん) • (Tamonten) 

1. (Buddhist god) Synonym of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa”)

   Hypernym: 四天王