English Explanatory Dictionary

Benzaiten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. (Also known as "Benten-sama") The Hindu goddess, Saraswati, of knowledge, art and beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.

Word forms

Benzaiten

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 弁才天 (Benzaiten) 弁財天 (Benzaiten).

Related words

Kitsushōten the goddess of happiness charm and beauty of fertility nature and of human creativity and the patronesses of joy amusement and festivities Hotei the fat and happy god of abundance and good health Jurōjin god of longevity Fukurokuju god of happiness wealth and longevity Bishamonten god of warriors Daikokuten god of wealth commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings masks on the walls of small retail shops Ebisu god of fishers merchants often depicted carrying a sea bream
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