Kangiten
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kangiten-167-15266681
title:
Kangiten
text:
Kangiten or Kankiten, also known as Binayaka, Ganabachi, or more commonly, Shōten or Shōden, is a deva (ten) venerated mainly in the Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism who is the Buddhist equivalent of the Hindu god Ganesha. Although Kangiten (Shōten) and Ganesha share a common origin and a number of traits, there are also some marked differences between the two. For instance, the Buddhist Vinayaka was negatively portrayed as the creator of obstacles and the leader of a class of mal
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Japanese Buddhist elephant-headed god
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangiten
date created:
2012-09-08T13:29:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T13:27:48Z
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13
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