...The festival day is October 10th, the day of the Gongen festival, and many villages hold the Konpira Ko's Hichimatsu on this day. The original meaning of the Buddhist word Konpira is crocodile fish, but in China it is called the dragon and the Konpira Dragon King. Konpira faith is a kind of dragon god faith, and is known as the god who protects ships and the seas and saves people from disasters at sea. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kumbhīra" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…縁日は,権現の大祭のある10月10日で,この日に金毘羅講の日待を催した村は多い。仏教の金毘羅kumbhīraの原義は鰐魚で,中国では蛟竜とし,金毘羅竜王と称している。金毘羅信仰は,一種の竜神信仰で,船海守護の神,海難を救う神として知られる。… ※「kumbhīra」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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