多聞天

Readings

Pinyin: Duōwén Tiān

Wade-Giles: Tuo-wen T'ien

Hangul: 다문천

Korean MC: Damun Cheon

Korean MR: Tamun Ch'ŏn

Katakana: タモンテン

Hepburn: Tamon Ten

Đa văn thiên

Vaiśravaṇa

• One of the four heavenly kings 四天王, who protects the northern region, ruling over the yakṣas 夜叉 and rākṣasas. See 毘沙門天 (Pāli Vessavaṇa). 〔一切經音義 T 2128.54.373b7〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, JEBD, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 680

Bulgyo sajeon, 136a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 830c

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 554

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 313a/348

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 755

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2331

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0316

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4304a, (v.9-10)496c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1117-1*1440-3

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