六牙の白象

Japanese
Kanji in this term
六 牙 白 象
ろく
Grade: 1		 げ
Grade: S		 びゃく
Grade: 1		 ぞう
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

六 (“six”) +‎ 牙 (“fang; tusk”) +‎ の (attributive marker) +‎ 白象 (“white elephant”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡe̞ no̞ bʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝzo̞ː]

Proper noun

六(ろく)牙(げ)の白(びゃく)象(ぞう) • (Rokuge no Byakuzō) ←ろくげのびゃくざう (Rokuge no Byakuzau)?

  1. the six-tusked white elephant that 摩耶夫人 (Maya Bunin, “Lady Maya”) dreamt of while she was carrying the Buddha
  2. the six-tusked white elephant that 普賢 (Fugen, “Samantabhadra”) rides
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