Kṣitigarbha

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ (kṣitigarbha), literally “earth-womb”.

Proper noun

Kṣitigarbha

1. (Buddhism) a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism

Translations

bodhisattva

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地藏 (zh) (Dìzàng)

• Japanese: 地蔵 (ja) (Jizō)
• Korean: 지장 (ko) (jijang)
• Sanskrit: क्षितिगर्भ (sa) (kṣitigarbha)
• Tibetan: ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ (sa yi snying po)
• Vietnamese: Địa Tạng