Benzaiten (shinjitai: 弁才天 or 弁財天; kyūjitai: 辯才天, 辨才天, or 辨財天, lit. "goddess of eloquence", Benten, Chinese: 辯才天, Biancaitian) is an East Asian Buddhist...
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and may be named in various ways: Benzaiten (弁才天), Benten (弁天), Bentensama (弁天様), or Benzaitennyo (弁才天女). When she was adapted from Buddhism, she was...
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achieved bodhi, and is frequently represented as a giant cobra. Benzaiten 弁才天 is the Japanese name of the goddess Saraswati, who killed a 3-headed Vritra...
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Hiroshima Prefecture Enoshima Shrine, Kanagawa Prefecture Hōgon-ji Temple / Tsukubusuma Shrine, Shiga Prefecture 「弁才天」 『世界大百科事典 第２版』 Heibonsha, 2006. v t e...
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and medicine. The Seven Lucky Gods (七福神, Shichi Fukujin) are: Benzaiten (弁才天 or 弁財天) Also known as Benten or Benzaitennyo, she is the goddess of everything...
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[tḭpḭtəka̰ mɛ̀dɔ̀]), in Chinese as Biàncáitiān (辯才天), in Japanese as Benzaiten (弁才天/弁財天) and in Thai as Suratsawadi (สุรัสวดี) or Saratsawadi (สรัสวดี). In Hinduism...
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Brahma 梵天 พระพรหม ब्रह्मा Vaishravana 毘沙門天 ท้าวเวสวัณ वैश्रवण Saraswati 弁才天 พระสุรัสวดี सरस्वती Vayu 風天 พระพาย वायु Rahu 羅睺 พระราหู राहु Rakshassa 羅刹天...
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Fumio & Osamu – Shinchuugoku (1972) (フミオ* & オサム* – 新中国) Benzaiten (1974) (弁才天) Osamu (1977) (オサム) Masterless Samurai (1978) (素浪人) Dragon King (1979) Face...
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honden, which may however enshrine an equally important kami. Benzaiten (弁才天, 弁財天, lit. 'Heavenly-Happy Talents') – Originally a Vedic goddess, Sarasvati...
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(Nōman-in) Tenkawa Benzaiten Mandala, colour on silk, by Shiba Rinken 絹本著色天川弁才天曼荼羅図 芝琳賢筆 kenpon chakushoku Tenkawa Benzaiten mandara zu Shiba Rinken hitsu...
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