六牙の白象

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	牙	白	象
ろく Grade: 1	げ Grade: S	びゃく Grade: 1	ぞう Grade: 5
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Etymology

六 (“six”) +‎ 牙 (“fang; tusk”) +‎ の (attributive marker) +‎ 白象 (“white elephant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ɡe̞ no̞ bʲa̠kɯ̟zo̞ː]

Proper noun

六(ろく)牙(げ)の白(びゃく)象(ぞう) • (Rokuge no Byakuzō) ^{←ろくげのびゃくざう (Rokuge no Byakuzau)?}

1. the six-tusked white elephant that 摩耶夫人 (Maya Bunin, “Lady Maya”) dreamt of while she was carrying the Buddha
2. the six-tusked white elephant that 普賢 (Fugen, “Samantabhadra”) rides