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<entry id="2096924" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<k_ele>
<keb>権現</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ごんげん</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2015-08-06 16:06:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"gongen" is a useful gloss because it takes you to the relevant Wikipedia article.
"deity" is maybe the most practical translation; see for instance the entry 山王権現.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>wikip gongen</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;incarnation&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;avatar&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;gongen&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;deity&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;the manifestation of a Buddhist deity (Buddha, Bodhisattva etc.) in the form of a Shinto deity (Kami)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2015-08-14 02:45:30" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>i'm not sure that gongen has the currency in english that one would expect of a gloss</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,3 +12 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;gongen&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;deity&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;the manifestation of a Buddhist deity (Buddha, Bodhisattva etc.) in the form of a Shinto deity (Kami)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;manifestation of a buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2016-11-29 01:47:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>'Buddha' should always be capitalised (even in the form "a Buddha")</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;manifestation of a buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2016-11-29 06:04:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-13 11:49:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nicolas Maia</upd_name>
<upd_refs>http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?q=%E6%AC%8A%E7%8F%BE</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-14 23:46:18" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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