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 ta mjun|mjunH then hjwang|hjwangH, 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
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