廣目天

Readings

Pinyin: Guǎngmùtiān

Wade-Giles: Kuang-mu-t'ien

Hangul: 광목천

Korean MC: Gwangmokcheon

Korean MR: Kwangmokch'ŏn

Katakana: コウモクテン

Hepburn: Kōmokuten

Quảng mục thiên

Virūpâkṣa

• (Pāli Virūpakkha). The wide-eyed deva; diversely-eyed, having deformed eyes; an epithet of Śiva, as represented with three eyes. One of the four heavenly kings 四天王. He lives in the sky on the western part of Mt. Sumeru 須彌山, and rules over the nāgas 龍 and pūtanas 富單那, protecting the western continent. He possesses the pure divine eye 淨天眼, which allows him to see everywhere. He is usually depicted as having a red body and wearing a helmet. 〔人仙經 T 9.1.214c27; 藥師七佛供養儀軌如意王經〕. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Soothill,Iwanami]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 307

Bulgyo sajeon, 63a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 326b

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 258

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 178a/197

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 407

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 401b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 5991

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1097b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 327-1

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