There are 5 total results for your 鬼子母 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鬼子母 see styles |
guǐ zǐ mǔ gui3 zi3 mu3 kuei tzu mu |
Hāritī, 訶梨帝 intp. as pleased, or pleasing. A 'woman who having vowed to devour all the babies at Rādjagriha was reborn as a rākshasī, and gave birth to 500 children, one of which she was to devour every day. Converted by Śākyamuni she entered a convent. Her image is to be seen in all nunneries'. Eitel. Another account is that she is the mother of 500 demons, and that from being an evil goddess or spirit she was converted to become a protectress of Buddhism. |
鬼子母神 see styles |
guǐ zǐ mǔ shén gui3 zi3 mu3 shen2 kuei tzu mu shen kishimojin; kishibojin きしもじん; きしぼじん |
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children); (place-name) Kishibojin A rākṣasī who devours men. |
鬼子母神前 see styles |
kishibojinmae きしぼじんまえ |
(place-name) Kishibojinmae |
鬼子母神前駅 see styles |
kishibojinmaeeki きしぼじんまええき |
(st) Kishibojinmae Station |
恐れ入谷の鬼子母神 see styles |
osoreiriyanokishibojin; osoreiriyanokishimojin / osoreriyanokishibojin; osoreriyanokishimojin おそれいりやのきしぼじん; おそれいりやのきしもじん |
(expression) (joc) (See 恐れ入る・おそれいる・1,鬼子母神・きしもじん) sorry; beg pardon; much obliged |
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