菩薩

ぼさつ ぼさち

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

八幡大菩薩

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

如菩薩

にょぼさつ

Buddha-like compassion

仏菩薩

ぶつぼさつ

buddhas and bodhisattvas

月光菩薩

がっこうぼさつ

candraprabha (bodhisattva)

弥勒菩薩

みろくぼさつ

maitreya (bodhisattva)

妙見菩薩

みょうけんぼさつ

myoken (bodhisattva; deification of the north star or the big dipper)

勢至菩薩

せいしぼさつ

mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

日光菩薩

にっこうぼさつ

suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

観音菩薩

かんのんぼさつ

Kannon (Bodhisattva), Kwannon, Goddess of Mercy, Bodhisattva of Compassion, Guan Yin, Kuan Yin

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers)

多羅菩薩

たらぼさつ

Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)

文殊菩薩

もんじゅぼさつ

monjushuri

普賢菩薩

ふげんぼさつ

Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva), Fugen, Puxian

菩提薩埵

ぼだいさった

bodhisattva

薬王菩薩

やくおうぼさつ

bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)

菩薩揚げ

ぼさあげ

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

観世音菩薩

かんぜおんぼさつ

avalokitesvara (bodhisattva of mercy and salvation)