Vaisravana

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्रवण (vaiśravaṇa).

Proper noun

Vaiśravaṇa

1. A Buddhist deity, considered one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

   Synonyms: Vessavaṇa, Bishamonten

   • 1997, Cuong Tu Nguyen, Zen in Medieval Vietnam‎^[1], page 73:

     Vaiśravaṇa (Pi Sha Men) came to China from Khotan and was being worshipped in his own right by around the seventh century C.E.

   • 2014, Meir Shahar, “Indian mythology and the Chinese imagination”, in John Kieschnick, Meir Shahar, editors, India in the Chinese Imagination‎^[2], page 44:

     The mysterious Naṇa’s connection to the Chinese Nazha (Nezha) is unmistakable. The two young divinities share similar names, and an identical residence (Vaiśravaṇa’s Palace).

Anagrams

• Vaisnavara, Vaisvānara