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八幡大菩薩 (はちまんだいぼさつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

八はち幡まん大だい菩ぼ薩さつ

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Meanings

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noun

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman

A title for the kami Hachiman, arising from Shinto-Buddhist syncretism (shinbutsu shūgō). Used in historical and religious contexts.

See also: 八幡神

八はち幡まん大だい菩ぼ薩さつは、神しん仏ぶつ習しゅう合ごうの時じ代だいに八はち幡まん神しんに与あたえられた称しょう号ごうです。
Hachiman Daibosatsu is a title given to the kami Hachiman during the era of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism.

Kanji

八eight, eight radical (no. 12)
幡flag
大large, big
菩kind of grass, sacred tree
薩salvation, Buddha

Similar words

八はち幡まん神じん
八幡神 is the kami Hachiman without the Buddhist bodhisattva title; 八幡大菩薩 explicitly reflects the syncretic identification as a bodhisattva.

Etymology

From 八幡 (Hachiman, the kami) + 大菩薩 (great bodhisattva). The title emerged during the period of shinbutsu shūgō when Hachiman was identified as a bodhisattva.