Kisshōten
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Śrīmahādevī, (Chinese: 吉祥天, pinyin: Jíxiángtiān, romaji: Kichijōten or Kisshōten, lit: "Auspicious Devi"), also known as Lakshmi (Chinese: 功德天, pinyin: Gōngdétiān, romaji: Kudokuten, lit: "Meritorious Devi"), is a devi in Mahayana Buddhism. She is particularly respected in East Asian Buddhist traditions as a protector deity due to her appearance in the Golden Light Sutra where she introduced her mantra and made vows to protect any bhikṣu who will uphold and teach the sutra.
Key facts
- Buddha.name
- Śrīmahādevī (Buddhism)
- Buddha.image
- Jyoruriji_Kissyoten_Srii.jpg
- Buddha.image caption
- Statue of Kisshō Tennyo holding her Nyoihōju gem from Jōruri-ji in Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan.
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- श्रीमहादेवीŚrīmahādevī
- Buddha.chinese_name
- 吉祥天(Pinyin: Jíxiáng tiān)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- or (romaji: Kichijōten)
- Buddha.korean_name
- 길상천 (RR: Gilsang Cheon)
- Buddha.tagalog_name
- Slimahadevi
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ།་Wylie: lha mo chen mo dpal
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Cát Tường Thiên
- Buddha.veneration
- Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna
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Wikidata facts
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- name in kana
- きつしやうてん
- worshipped by
- Buddhism in Japan
- Commons category
- Kichijouten
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Iconography
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- Gallery
- See also
- References
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Śrīmahādevī, (Chinese: 吉祥天, pinyin: Jíxiángtiān, romaji: Kichijōten or Kisshōten, lit: "Auspicious Devi"), also known as Lakshmi (Chinese: 功德天, pinyin: Gōngdétiān, romaji: Kudokuten, lit: "Meritorious Devi"), is a devi in Mahayana Buddhism. She is particularly respected in East Asian Buddhist traditions as a protector deity due to her appearance in the Golden Light Sutra where she introduced her mantra and made vows to protect any bhikṣu who will uphold and teach the sutra.
== Iconography == In Buddhist iconographic form, based on her description in the Golden Light Sutra, she usually holds the cintāmaṇi jewel in her left hand and forms a mudra with her right hand, sometimes with a headdress and a phoenix/fenghuang/hōō.
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