広目天
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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広 | 目 | 天 |
こう Grade: 2 | もく Grade: 1 | てん Grade: 1 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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廣目天 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
広 (“vast”) + 目 (“eye”) + 天 (“deva”), Middle Chinese 廣目天王 (MC kwɑŋX mɨuk̚ tʰen ɦʉɐŋ|ɦʉɐŋH, literally “Vast-Eyed Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit विरूपाक्ष (virūpākṣa, literally “Ugly-Eyed One”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ko̞ːmo̞kɯ̟ᵝtẽ̞ɴ]
Proper noun
広目天 • (Kōmokuten) ←くゎうもくてん (kwaumokuten)?
- (Buddhist god) Virūpākṣa
- Hypernym: 四天王
See also
- 広目 (hirome)