Kangiten
Sign in to saveKangiten or Kankiten (, "god of bliss"; Sanskrit (IAST): ), also known as Binayaka (毘那夜迦; Skt. ), Ganabachi (誐那鉢底, alternatively Ganahachi or Ganahattei; Skt. ), or more commonly, Shōten or Shōden (聖天, lit. "sacred god" or "noble god"), is a deva (ten) venerated mainly in the Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism.
Key facts
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.type
- buddhist
- Deity.name
- Kangiten(Nandikeshvara)
- Deity.script_name
- Japanese
- Deity.script
- 歓喜天 (shinjitai)歡喜天 (kyūjitai)
- Deity.father
- Maheshwar
- Deity.mother
- Uma
- Deity.siblings
- Senayaka (brother, later reincarnated as wife; incarnation of Avalokiteshvara)Skanda (brother)Kigeiten (sister)
- Deity.image
- 毘那夜迦（大悲胎藏大曼荼羅 仁和寺版） - Vināyaka (Ninna-ji Taizō Mandala).png
- Deity.caption
- Single-bodied (単身, tanshin) Kangiten holding an axe and a daikon, 1869
- Deity.affiliation
- DevaVairochana BuddhaEleven-Headed AvalokiteshvaraAmritakundalinSanbō Kōjin
- Deity.other_names
- Shōten / Shōden (聖天) Shōten- / Shōden-sama (聖天様 / 聖天さま) Daishō Kangiten (大聖歓喜天) Kangi Jizaiten (歓喜自在天) Daishō Kangi Daijizaiten (大聖歓喜大自在天) Daishō Kangi Sōshin Tennō (大聖歓喜双身天王) Nandai Jizaiten (難提自在天) Zōbiten (象鼻天) Binayaka / Binayakya (毘那夜迦) Ganapati / Ganahachi / Ganahattei (誐那缽底) Tenson (天尊)
- Deity.mantra
- (On kiri(ku) gyaku un sowaka)
- Deity.abode
- Mount Kailash (Keira-sen)
- Deity.weapon
- axe, trident
- Deity.consort
- Senayaka
- Deity.symbols
- kangidan (modak), daikon, kinchaku
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- Names
- Historical development and literature
- As demon and deity
- Introduction to Japan
- Emergence of Dual Vinayaka (Kangiten)
- Other esoteric texts on Vinayaka
- From the medieval period onwards
- Mythology
- Association with other deities
- ''Gonrui'' and ''jitsurui''
- Iconography
- Single and dual forms
- Vajra ''vinayakas''
- Other depictions
- Worship
- Bīja and mantra
- Rituals
- Oil Bath (''Yokuyu-ku'')
- Flower-Water Offering (''Kesui-ku'')
- Other rites
- Offerings
- Reputation
- Shōten and impurity
- As hidden god
- Lay devotion
- Temples
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- External links
Kangiten or Kankiten (, "god of bliss"; Sanskrit (IAST): ), also known as Binayaka (毘那夜迦; Skt. ), Ganabachi (誐那鉢底, alternatively Ganahachi or Ganahattei; Skt. ), or more commonly, Shōten or Shōden (聖天, lit. "sacred god" or "noble god"), is a deva (ten) venerated mainly in the Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism.
Kangiten (Shōten) was at first negatively portrayed as the creator of obstacles and the leader of a class of malignant demons who obstructed Buddhist practice called vinayakas. Later tradition made an attempt to distinguish between the vinayakas and their lord, who became seen as a manifestation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon in Japanese) and/or the buddha Vairochana.