Kannon - Kannon

Japanese: 観音 - かんのん

(A translation of Avalokiteśvara. Short for "Kanzeon (Kannon)". A synonym of "Kanon") [1] Buddhist term. One of the bodhisattvas. It is said that when he hears the sounds of the world's sentient beings chanting his name, he is filled with great compassion and leads them to attain liberation. He is also one of the attendants of Amida Tathagata along with Bodhisattva Seishi. While Seishi usually wears a jeweled vase in his crown, Avalokiteśvara wears a transformed Buddha. He is the most widely worshipped of all bodhisattvas. Depending on the shape, he is called Shokannon, Senjukannon, Juichimenkannon, Acalanathakannon, Batokannon, Nyoirinkannon, and so on, but he is usually called Shokannon. There are also the Thirty-Three Kannon, such as the Willow and Gyoran . Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. Avalokiteśvara Sattva. Avalokiteśvara Sattva. Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. Avalokiteśvara Sattva. Avalokiteśvara Sattva. Avalokiteśvara Sattva. Avalokiteśvara Sattva. Kanze Jizai Bodhisattva. Kannon Bodhisattva. Kannon. ※Ryōiki (810-824), Vol. 1: "When I think of Kannon in my heart" ※Genji (c. 1001-14), Yume no Ukihashi, "When I hear Kwan-on's words, I think with joy" [2] 〘Noun〙① A temple that worships Kannon as its principal image. In particular, it refers to Sensō-ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo. ※Haiku, Suewakaba (1697), Vol. 2: "Kannon no Iragami yaritsu hana no kumō (Clouds of Flowers) (Basho)" ※Kibōshi, Gozon Shobaimono (1782), Vol. 3: "Visiting Kwan-on" ② An abbreviation of "Kannon-biraki (Kannon-open) ②". ③ (From the fact that the appearance of lice with legs growing in a clump near the head resembles that of the Thousand-Armed Kannon) A common name for lice. Kannon. Kannon-sama. *Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-Shichisan (1821) "A pair of insect-spectacles bowing to the Kannon." ④ Refers to the female genitalia. Kannon-sama. *Tokyo Shin-Hanjo-ki (1874-76) <Hattori Seiichi> First "The geisha turned the red curtain and slightly revealed the face of the Kannon."

Kan-on Kwan... [Kannon]

⇒ Kannon (Kannon)

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

Japanese:

(Avalokiteśvara の訳語。「かんぜおん（観世音）」の略。「かんおん」の連声)[1] 仏語。菩薩の一つ。世の衆生がその名を唱える音声を観じて、大慈大悲を垂れ、解脱を得させるという菩薩。また、勢至菩薩と共に、阿彌陀如来の脇侍。普通、勢至がその宝冠の中に宝瓶をつけるのに対し、化仏をつける。諸菩薩のうち最も広く崇拝される。その形の異なるに従い、聖観音、千手観音、十一面観音、不空羂索観音、馬頭観音、如意輪観音などの名称があるが、普通には聖観音をさす。楊柳、魚籃(ぎょらん)などの三十三観音もある。観音菩薩。観音薩埵(かんのんさった)。観自在。観自在菩薩。観世自在。観世自在菩薩。観世音菩薩。観世音。※霊異記（810‐824）上「心に観音を念ずるに」※源氏（1001‐14頃）夢浮橋「くゎんをんのたまへると喜び思ひて」[2] 〘名〙① 観音を本尊としている寺。特に、東京浅草の浅草寺(せんそうじ)をいう。※俳諧・末若葉（1697）下「観音のいらがみやりつ花の雲〈芭蕉〉」※黄表紙・御存商売物（1782）中「くゎんおんへ参詣する」② 「かんのんびらき（観音開）②」の略。③ (頭部の近くに、足がかたまって生えているシラミの姿が、千手観音の姿に似ているところから) シラミの俗称。観世音。かんのんさま。※雑俳・柳多留‐七三（1821）「観音を大きくおがむ虫めがね」④ 女陰をいう。かんのんさま。※東京新繁昌記（1874‐76）〈服部誠一〉初「絃妓の転じて而して紅幕を開き、微に観音の顔を露す者有り」