菩

Meaning

菩 refers to a sacred tree or a kind of grass, often associated with religious or spiritual contexts. The two meanings are linked by the idea of a plant with special significance.

• 菩薩ぼさつ

  bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha

• 菩提寺ぼだいじ

  one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

• 弥勒菩薩みろくぼさつ

  Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

• 大菩薩峠だいぼさつとうげ

  The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

• 観世音菩薩かんぜおんぼさつ

  Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

• 菩提ぼだい

  bodhi; enlightenment

• 菩提樹ぼだいじゅ

  Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree)

• インド菩提樹インドぼだいじゅ

  sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree

• ベンガル菩提樹ベンガルぼだいじゅ

  Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis); banyan tree

• 五大力菩薩ごだいりきぼさつ

  The Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)

• 仏菩薩ぶつぼさつ

  buddhas and bodhisattvas

• 八幡大菩薩はちまんだいぼさつ

  Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

• 勢至菩薩せいしぼさつ

  Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

• 南無八幡大菩薩なむはちまんだいぼさつ

  O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

• 地蔵菩薩じぞうぼさつ

  Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

• 地蔵菩薩本願経じぞうぼさつほんがんきょう

  Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

• 多羅菩薩たらぼさつ

  Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

• 如菩薩にょぼさつ

  Buddha-like compassion

• 妙見菩薩みょうけんぼさつ

  Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)

• 文殊菩薩もんじゅぼさつ

  Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu

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