Bishamon

Bishamon

Bishamon or Bishamonten may refer to:

*Vaiśravaṇa, a Buddhist deity, as referred to in Japan.
*Bishamonten, a fictional character in the Ranma ½ movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron China.

Bishamon may also refer to the following items found in computer, video, and role playing games:

* The ultimate weapon (a sword) used by the character Samanosuke Akechi in the video games Onimusha: Warlords and Onimusha 3: Demon Siege.
* Bishamon, a suit of samurai armor that comes to life in the fighting video game Darkstalkers.
* A 45 ton quad BattleMech in the game BattleTech.
* the ultimate weapon used by the character Uesugi Kenshin in the Playstation 2 game Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends.

Bishamon is the name of a railway station in Japan (Japanese language link).

Bishamon-ten is the name of a character in the manga RG Veda, voiced in the anime version by Kenyu Horiuchi.


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  • Bishamon — ▪ Japanese god also called  Bishamonten        in Japanese mythology, one of the Shichi fuku jin (“Seven Gods of Luck”). He is identified with the Buddhist guardian of the north, known as Kubera, or Vaiśravaṇa. Bishamon is always depicted as… …   Universalium

  • Bishamon — Darstellung auf Seide aus dem späten 12. Jahrhundert / frühen 13. Jahrhundert Bishamon (jap. 毘沙門, auch: Bishamonten (毘沙門天); Sanskrit: Vaiśravaṇa; tib.: rNam thos sras, auch Kubera oder …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bishamon —    Japanese god of war depicted as wearing armour and carrying a spear and a miniature pagoda. He is one of the seven divinities of luck, the Shichi Fukujin. He is also one of the guardians of the cardinal points. He was the guardian of the north …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

  • Bishamon or Bishamonten —    One of the shichi fuku jin. He is of Indian Buddhist origin (Sanskrit: Vaishravana), one of the shi tenno (Four Heavenly Kings) and a symbol of authority. According to Buddhist lore he lives in the fourth layer of Mt. Sumeru, the mountain at… …   A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

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  • Vaiśravaṇa — Bishamon ten au kondō du Tōdai ji Vaiśravaṇa est l une des quatre divinités bouddhiques des horizons, dieu protecteur de la loi bouddhique et de la prospérité, en chinois duowen tianwang 多聞天王, ou Pi shamen tian, 毘沙門天, en japonais Bishamonten,… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of Darkstalkers characters — This is a list of characters from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games by Capcom. Contents 1 Introduced in Darkstalkers 1.1 Anakaris 1.2 Bishamon 1.3 Demitri Maximoff …   Wikipedia

  • Vaisravana — IAST|Vaiśravaṇa (Sanskrit वैश्रवण) or IAST|Vessavaṇa (Pāli वेस्सवण) is the name of the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important figure in Buddhist mythology. NameThe name IAST|Vaiśravaṇa is derived from the Sankrit IAST|viśravaṇa Great… …   Wikipedia

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