A sun goddess of Buddhism, her name means "light" or "heat haze." In Japan, she was worshipped by warriors, said to give the benefits of protection from harm and the ability to attack the enemy without being noticed. She is often portrayed as having 3 heads and 6 or 8 arms with weapons like swords, bows, and vajra.
出身地：インド 陽炎（かげろう）が神格化されてなった軍神。大日如来の応化身ともいわれる。漢字では「摩利支天」と表記される。 マリシテンは３つの顔に６本あるいは８本の手を持った姿であらわされる軍神で、インドではマリーチと呼ばれる。 陽炎の神格化であるマリシテンは、その姿を誰にも見られることはない。悟られることなく敵を襲い、自身は決して傷つくことが無かった。 このような力のため、日本では武士の守り本尊とされ、尊崇された。Translation: Place of origin: India A war deity who is the deification of heat haze. She is also said to be an incarnation of Vairocana. In kanji, it is written "摩利支天". Marishiten is a war deity who is represented with three faces and six or eight hands, and in India she is called Marici. The form of Marishiten, the deification of heat haze, has never been seen by anyone. She attacks her enemies without being perceived, and she herself has never been wounded. Because of this power, in Japan, she became revered as the guardian deity of warriors.
Marishiten is one of the five Kishin that guard the Fudo Temples located around Tokyo. She can be found in the Okuji temple with the yellow jar which draws the essence of Pride. She faces Nanashi and the party in battle when they arrive to seal the jar she guards but is defeated.
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Japanese
マリシテン
Marishiten; katakana spelling of 摩利支天, the Chinese and Japanese name of Marici.
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