広目天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
もく
Grade: 1
てん
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
廣目天 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(vast) +‎ (eye) +‎ (deva), Middle Chinese 廣目天王 (MC kwangX mjuwk then hjwang|hjwangH, literally “Vast-Eyed Heavenly King”), calque of Sanskrit विरूपाक्ष (virūpākṣa, literally Ugly-Eyed One)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːmo̞kɯ̟tẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(こう)(もく)(てん) • (Kōmokutenくゎうもくてん (Kwaumokuten)?

  1. (Buddhism) Virūpākṣa
    Hypernym: 四天王
    Coordinate terms: 持国天, 増長天, 広目天, 多聞天

See also

  • (ひろ)() (hirome)