Kṣitigarbha

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ (kṣitigarbha), literally “earth-womb”.

Proper noun

Kṣitigarbha

(Buddhism) a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism

Translations

bodhisattva

Chinese:
Mandarin: 地藏 (zh) (Dìzàng)
Japanese: 地蔵 (ja) (Jizō)
Korean: 지장 (ko) (jijang)
Sanskrit: क्षितिगर्भ (sa) (kṣitigarbha)
Tibetan: ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ (sa yi snying po)
Vietnamese: Địa Tạng

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