五ご大だい力りき菩ぼ薩さつ

noun

The Five Great Bodhisattvas

A set of five bodhisattvas in esoteric Buddhism who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign. A specialized term encountered in Buddhist contexts.

• 五ご大だい力りき菩ぼ薩さつは、密みっ教きょうにおいて三さん宝ぼうを守しゅ護ごし、国こく王おうを守まもるとされる。

  The Five Great Bodhisattvas are said to protect the Three Treasures and guard the sovereign in esoteric Buddhism.