薩

Historical term

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)

Abbreviation

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Buddhism

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

Buddhism

sattva (sentient beings)

Abbreviation; Buddhism

bodhisattva

Abbreviation; Buddhism

Vajrasattva

Lhasa (China)

buddhas and bodhisattvas

Buddhism; Marks the end of a mantra

svāhā; well said; so be it

Buddha-like compassion

Satsuma porcelain

Satsuma clan

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizo

Buddhism

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

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

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

Food, cooking

satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste

Buddhism

Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu

Buddhism

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

Buddhism

Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)

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

Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian

Buddhism

Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)

Buddhism

Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)