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菩 kanji
kind of grass, sacred tree
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- —薬王菩薩Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
- —菩提薩埵bodhisattva
- —観音菩薩Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
- —菩薩揚げceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
- —大菩薩峠The Sword of Doom (1966 film)
- —菩提を弔うto hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
- —虚空蔵菩薩Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
- —観世音菩薩Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
- —観自在菩薩Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
- —八幡大菩薩Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
- —五大力菩薩The Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)
- —普賢延命菩薩image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)
- —インド菩提樹sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree
- —南無八幡大菩薩O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
- —ベンガル菩提樹Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis); banyan tree
- —地蔵菩薩本願経Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
- —外面如菩薩内心如夜叉looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
- —外面似菩薩内心如夜叉looking gentle and beautiful like a bodhisattva on the outside but, being wicked and frightening like a demon on the inside
- —觀音菩薩Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
- —印度菩提樹sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree
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