持國天

Readings

Pinyin: Chíguó tiān

Wade-Giles: Ch'ih-kuo t'ien

Hangul: 지국천

Korean MC: Jiguk cheon

Korean MR: Chiguk ch'ŏn

Katakana: ジコクテン

Hepburn: Jikoku ten

Trì quốc thiên

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• One of the four deva-guardians or mahārājas 四天王, controlling the east, of white color. He rules over the gandharvas and piśācas. (Pāli Dhata-raṭṭha) [治國天] 〔大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經蓮華胎藏悲生曼荼羅廣大成就儀軌供養方便會 T 852.18.124b16〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 439

Bulgyo sajeon, 817a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0545

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono), ④295a*

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1215-2

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