noun
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
A bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, often depicted alongside Amitabha and Avalokiteshvara. The name is primarily encountered in religious or historical contexts.
勢至菩薩は阿弥陀如来の右脇侍として知られている。
Mahasthamaprapta is known as the attendant on the right side of Amitabha Buddha.
From Sanskrit Mahāsthāmaprāpta, meaning 'arrival of great strength'. The Japanese reading せいし is a phonetic adaptation of the Chinese translation 勢至.