Kisshōten
Japanese female deity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kisshōten (吉祥天, lit. "Auspicious Heavens"), also known as Kichijōten, Kisshoutennyo (吉祥天女), or Kudokuten (功徳天), is a Japanese female deity, Kisshoutennyo is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (fukujin), replacing either Jurōjin or Fukurokuju.[1] For example, in the 1783 edition of the Butsuzōzui compendium (reprinted in 1796), Kichijōten replaces Fukurokuju as one of the seven fukujin.[2] She is considered to be the goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty.[1][3][4] Kisshoutennyo's iconography is distinguished by the Nyoihōju gem (如意宝珠) in her hand,[5] and with a headdress and a phoenix/fenghuang/hōō. Kisshōten and the Nyoihōju gem are both represented by the symbol of the kagome.
| Śrīmahādevī (Buddhism) | |
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| Sanskrit | श्रीमहादेवी Śrīmahādevī |
| Chinese | 吉祥天 (Pinyin: Jíxiáng tiān) |
| Japanese | 吉祥天 or 吉祥天
(romaji: Kichijōten) |
| Korean | 길상천
(RR: Gilsang Cheon) |
| Tagalog | Slimahadevi |
| Tibetan | ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ།་ Wylie: lha mo chen mo dpal |
| Vietnamese | Cát Tường Thiên |
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| Venerated by | Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna |
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