Śrīmahādevī (Buddhism) | |
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Sanskrit | श्रीमहादेवी Śrīmahādevī |
Chinese | 吉祥天 ( Pinyin: Jíxiáng tiān) |
Japanese | 吉祥天 or 吉祥天
( romaji: Kichijōten) |
Korean | 길상천
( RR: Gilsang Cheon) |
Tagalog | Slimahadevi |
Tibetan | ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ།་ Wylie: lha mo chen mo dpal |
Vietnamese | Cát Tường Thiên |
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Venerated by | Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna |
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Kisshōten ( 吉祥天, lit. "Auspicious Heavens"), also known as Kichijōten, Kisshoutennyo (吉祥天女), or Kudokuten (功徳天), is a Japanese female deity, adapted via Buddhism from the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Kisshoutennyo is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (fukujin), replacing either Jurōjin or Fukurokuju. [1] For example, in the 1783 edition of the Butsuzōzui compendium (reprinted in 1796), Kichijōten replaces Fukurokuju as one of the seven fukujin. [2] She is considered to be the goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty. [1] [3] [4] Kisshoutennyo's iconography is distinguished by the Nyoihōju gem (如意宝珠) in her hand, [5] Kisshōten and the Nyoihōju gem are both represented by the symbol of the kagome.
When Kisshoutennyo is counted among the seven fukujin [2] and fellow Fukujin Daikoku is regarded in feminine form, [6] all three of the Hindu Tridevi goddesses are represented in the Fukujin, with Daikoku representing Parvati and Benzaiten representing Saraswati.
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Śrīmahādevī (Buddhism) | |
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Sanskrit | श्रीमहादेवी Śrīmahādevī |
Chinese | 吉祥天 ( Pinyin: Jíxiáng tiān) |
Japanese | 吉祥天 or 吉祥天
( romaji: Kichijōten) |
Korean | 길상천
( RR: Gilsang Cheon) |
Tagalog | Slimahadevi |
Tibetan | ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ།་ Wylie: lha mo chen mo dpal |
Vietnamese | Cát Tường Thiên |
Information | |
Venerated by | Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna |
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Kisshōten ( 吉祥天, lit. "Auspicious Heavens"), also known as Kichijōten, Kisshoutennyo (吉祥天女), or Kudokuten (功徳天), is a Japanese female deity, adapted via Buddhism from the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Kisshoutennyo is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (fukujin), replacing either Jurōjin or Fukurokuju. [1] For example, in the 1783 edition of the Butsuzōzui compendium (reprinted in 1796), Kichijōten replaces Fukurokuju as one of the seven fukujin. [2] She is considered to be the goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty. [1] [3] [4] Kisshoutennyo's iconography is distinguished by the Nyoihōju gem (如意宝珠) in her hand, [5] Kisshōten and the Nyoihōju gem are both represented by the symbol of the kagome.
When Kisshoutennyo is counted among the seven fukujin [2] and fellow Fukujin Daikoku is regarded in feminine form, [6] all three of the Hindu Tridevi goddesses are represented in the Fukujin, with Daikoku representing Parvati and Benzaiten representing Saraswati.
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Media related to
Kichijouten at Wikimedia Commons