Izanaten - Izanaten

Japanese: 伊舎那天 - いざなてん
Izanaten - Izanaten
(Ishana is a transliteration of Īśāna. It is also written as Izanā or Ina, and abbreviated as Isha. It means ruler.) A Buddhist term. He is the lord of the sixth heaven of the desire realm, and is also called Mahajirāten (Makeishurāten) . In the Taizōkai Mandala of Esoteric Buddhism, he is placed at the head of the outer Kongōin temple. He is one of the twelve heavenly beings, and is a guardian deity of the northeast, and is said to be black-blue in colour, with three angry eyes and upward - pointing tusks , a skull garland around his neck, a plate filled with blood in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, and ride a yellow ox. Izana. Isha-ten. Ishana. [Hizōki (alternate version) (maybe around 835)]

Ishana-ten [Ishana Heaven]

= Izanaten (Ishanaten)

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
(伊舎那はĪśāna の音訳。伊邪那、伊那とも書き、伊沙とも略す。支配者の意) 仏語。欲界第六天の主で、大自在天(摩醯首羅天(まけいしゅらてん))ともいう。密教の胎蔵界曼荼羅(たいぞうかいまんだら)では、外金剛院の上首に位する。十二天の一つ、東北方の護法神で、その形は、黒青色で、怒りの三目と上を向いた牙(きば)をもち、首に髑髏(どくろ)の瓔珞(ようらく)をかけ、左手には血を盛った器盤、右手には鉾鎗を持ち、黄牛に乗る、とされる。いざな。いしゃなてん。いしゃな。〔秘蔵記(異本)(835頃か)〕

いしゃな‐てん【伊舎那天】

=いざなてん(伊舎那天)

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