noun
Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
A bodhisattva associated with healing and medicine in Mahayana Buddhism. Often paired with 薬上菩薩 (Bhaisajyasamudgata).
薬王菩薩は、法華経に登場する菩薩の一尊です。
Bhaisajyaraja is one of the bodhisattvas appearing in the Lotus Sutra.
Often mentioned together with 薬王菩薩; represents a complementary aspect of healing in Buddhist teachings.
From Sanskrit Bhaiṣajyarāja, meaning 'Medicine King'. The kanji 薬 (medicine), 王 (king), and 菩薩 (bodhisattva) directly translate the Sanskrit components.