地蔵菩薩

See also: 地藏菩薩 and 地藏菩萨

Japanese
Kanji in this term
地 蔵 菩 薩
じ
Grade: 2		 ぞう
Grade: 6		 ぼ
Jinmeiyō		 さつ
Jinmeiyō
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
地藏菩薩 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Jizō is a calque of Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ (Kṣitigarbha, literally “earth womb”).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Proper noun

地(じ)蔵(ぞう)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ) • (Jizō Bosatsu) ←ぢざうぼさつ (dizaubosatu)?

  1. (Buddhism) Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva
    Synonyms: 地蔵 (Jizō), 地蔵尊 (Jizō-son)

References
  1. “地蔵菩薩”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. “地蔵”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. “地蔵菩薩”, 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
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