摩ま利り支し天てん

noun

Marici; Buddhist god of war

A Buddhist deity originally associated with light and the sun, often regarded as a god of war and protector of warriors in Japanese Buddhism.

• 摩ま利り支し天てんは、武ぶ士しの間あいだで戦たたかいの神かみとして信しん仰こうされた。

  Marici was worshipped among warriors as a god of battle.

• この寺てらの本ほん尊ぞんは摩ま利り支し天てんです。

  The principal image of this temple is Marici.