吉祥天

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
吉 祥 天
きち
Grade: S		 しょう > じょう
Grade: S		 てん
Grade: 1
goon kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spelling
吉祥天 (kyūjitai)
吉祥天 (Kichijōten, Kisshōten): the goddess Lakshmi as depicted in Japanese Buddhism.

From Middle Chinese 吉祥天 (MC kjit zjang then), possibly as a shortening of 吉祥天女 (MC kjit zjang then nrjoX), a translation of Sanskrit श्रीमहादेवी (śrīmahādevī, literally “great goddess of wealth and prosperity”).[1][2][3]

Analyzable as a compound of 吉祥 (kichijō, “auspicious sign, good omen”) +‎ 天 (ten, “heavens”).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲit͡ɕiʑo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

吉(きち)祥(じょう)天(てん) • (Kichijōten) 

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) the Japanese Buddhist depiction of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity
    Synonyms: 功徳天 (Kudokuten), 宝蔵天女 (Hōzō-tenjo)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
吉 祥 天
きつ > きっ
Grade: S		 しょう
Grade: S		 てん
Grade: 1
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spelling
吉祥天 (kyūjitai)

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Compound of 吉祥 (kisshō, “auspicious sign, good omen”) +‎ 天 (ten, “heavens”).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɕːo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

吉(きっ)祥(しょう)天(てん) • (Kisshōten) 

  1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) the Japanese Buddhist depiction of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity

See also

References
  1. “吉祥天”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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