韋い陀だ天てん

noun

Wei-To; Skanda; temple guardian deity

Buddhist guardian deity, originally Skanda, sometimes confused with Vajrapani. In Japanese folk context, also known as a swift-footed deity, giving rise to the idiomatic expression 韋陀天走り (いだてんばしり) for a very fast runner.

• 韋い陀だ天てんは仏ぶっ教きょうの守しゅ護ご神しんで、足あしが速はやいことで知しられている。

  Idaten is a guardian deity in Buddhism, known for being swift-footed.

• 彼かれは韋い陀だ天てんのような速はやさで走はしった。

  He ran with the speed of Idaten.