善財童子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
善	財	童	子
ぜん Grade: 6	ざい Grade: 5	どう Grade: 3	し > じ Grade: 1
goon		kan'yōon	on'yomi

Etymology

Literary Chinese 善財童子 (literally “Boy of Good Wealth”), from Sanskrit सुधनकुमार (sudhanakumāra)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞nd͡za̠i do̞ːʑi]

Proper noun

善(ぜん)財(ざい)童(どう)子(じ) • (Zenzai Dōji) 

1. Sudhana (main character of the 華厳経 (Kegonkyō, “Avatamsaka Sutra”), who acquired 善知識 (zenchishiki, “kalyāṇa-mittatā”, literally “good companionship”) from 53 bodhisattva from 文殊 (Monju, “Manjushri”) to 普賢 (Fugen, “Samantabhadra”))

See also

• 童(どう)子(じ) (dōji)