ぜんざいどうじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぜんざいどうじ – see the following entry.

【善財童子】 [proper noun] 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”))

(This term, ぜんざいどうじ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)