南な無む八はち幡まん大だい菩ぼ薩さつ

expression, interjection

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

A fixed invocation calling on Hachiman Daibosatsu, the syncretic Buddhist-Shinto deity of war, for divine assistance in battle. Used in historical, literary, or dramatic contexts; not part of modern everyday speech.

• 武ぶ士しは戦いくさの前まえに「南な無む八はち幡まん大だい菩ぼ薩さつ」と唱となえた。

  The warrior chanted 'Namu Hachiman Daibosatsu' before battle.