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    Kangiten or Kankiten (Japanese: 歓喜天, "god of bliss"; Sanskrit (IAST): Nandikeśvara), also known as Binayaka (毘那夜迦; Skt. Vināyaka), Ganabachi (誐那鉢底, alternatively...
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    po, mar po). In Japanese Buddhism he is also known as Kangiten (Japanese: 歓喜天, "god of bliss"; Sanskrit (IAST): Nandikeśvara) or Shōten (聖天, lit. "sacred...
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    lit. "sacred deva" or "noble deva"; alternatively Shōden) or Kangiten (歓喜天, "deva of bliss") and is worshipped mainly in the Shingon and Tendai schools...
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    English Japanese Thai-Brahmi Devanagari-Sanskrit Agni 火天 พระอัคนี अग्नि Ganesh 歓喜天 พระพิฆเนศวร गणेश Garuda 迦楼羅 ครุฑ गरुड़ Lakshmi 吉祥天 พระลักษมี लक्ष्मी Virupak...
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    (Emmaten 焔魔天) – Lord of the Underworld; Guardian of the South Kangiten (歓喜天) / Ganesha Benzaiten (弁財天) / Saraswati Kisshōten (吉祥天) / Lakshmi Bichūten...
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    ideas and influences also appeared in cultic practices with Dual Ganesha (双身歓喜天, Sōshin Kangiten) and Aizen Myō-Ō (Ragaraja), and in the other main orthodox...
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    spirits found in natural phenomena. a general sense of sacred power. Kankiten (歓喜天) – the Buddhist version of Hindu god Ganesh, usually represented by two elephant-headed...
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    stands the Kankiten-dō, a small structure enshrining Kangiten (or Kankiten) (歓喜天, god of delight), who is the Buddhist version of god Ganesh. The 152 cm statue...
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