Kisshōten

Śrīmahādevī (Buddhism)
Śrīmahādevī (Buddhism)
Sanskrit	श्रीमहादेवी; Śrīmahādevī
Chinese	吉祥天; (Pinyin: Jíxiáng tiān)
Japanese	吉祥天（きっしょうてん） or 吉祥天（きちじょうてん） ; (romaji: Kichijōten)
Korean	길상천 ; (RR: Gilsang Cheon)
Tagalog	Slimahadevi
Tibetan	ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ།་; Wylie: lha mo chen mo dpal
Vietnamese	Cát Tường Thiên
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Kisshōten (吉祥天, lit. "Auspicious Heavens"), also known as Kichijōten, Kisshoutennyo (吉祥天女), or Kudokuten (功徳天), is a Japanese female deity, Kisshoutennyo is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (fukujin), replacing either Jurōjin or Fukurokuju.^[1] For example, in the 1783 edition of the Butsuzōzui compendium (reprinted in 1796), Kichijōten replaces Fukurokuju as one of the seven fukujin.^[2] She is considered to be the goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty.^[1]^[3]^[4] Kisshoutennyo's iconography is distinguished by the Nyoihōju gem (如意宝珠) in her hand,^[5] Kisshōten and the Nyoihōju gem are both represented by the symbol of the kagome.

When Kisshoutennyo is counted among the seven fukujin^[2] and fellow Fukujin Daikoku is regarded in feminine form,^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Wooden figure of Kichijōten". The British Museum. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Butsuzōzui (Illustrated Compendium of Buddhist Images)" (in Japanese). Ehime University Library. 1796. p. (077.jpg). Archived from the original (digital photos) on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Kichijoten Japanese Lucky Goddess of Beauty". 10 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Kisshōten (Kichijōten)". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
^ Neighbour-Parent, Mary. "Kichijouten 吉祥天". JAANUS. Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation.
^ "Butsuzōzui (Illustrated Compendium of Buddhist Images)" (in Japanese). Ehime University Library. 1796. p. (059.jpg). Archived from the original (digital photos) on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.