Word Meaning 地蔵堂

Listen to 地蔵

地蔵

じぞう

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

Listen to 地蔵顔

地蔵顔

じぞうがお

gentle and round face

Listen to 地蔵尊

地蔵尊

じぞうそん

Jizo (guardian deity of children)

Listen to 地蔵盆

地蔵盆

じぞうぼん

Jizo Festival

Listen to 地蔵菩薩本願経

地蔵菩薩本願経

じぞうぼさつほんがんきょう

Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Listen to 地蔵菩薩

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

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

Listen to 子安地蔵

子安地蔵

こやすじぞう

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

Listen to 水子地蔵

水子地蔵

みずこじぞう

Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)

Listen to 六地蔵

六地蔵

ろくじぞう

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

Listen to お地蔵さん

お地蔵さん

おじぞうさん

Jizo (esp. statue)

Listen to 石地蔵

石地蔵

いしじぞう

stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads)

Listen to 愚痴聞き地蔵

愚痴聞き地蔵

ぐちききじぞう

Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)