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Ta-pien-t'sai-t'ien nu

Chinese translation: 大辩才天女


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English term or phrase:Ta-pien-t'sai-t'ien nu
Chinese translation:大辩才天女
Entered by: Shang
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10:43 Sep 26, 2004
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English term or phrase: Ta-pien-t'sai-t'ien nu
one of Chinese deities
TIA
Shang
China
Local time: 06:05
Sarasvatī (goddess of Speech) ?
Explanation:
Could be the goddess of Speech, sometimes male, sometime female (大辯才天 or 大辯才女)
pinyin is dabiancai tiannü

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http://www.acmuller.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?59.xml id('b5927-8faf-5929')
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Xiaren
Local time: 23:05
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thanks a lot!
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3 +1辩才天女萨拉斯瓦蒂(Sarasvati)chica nueva
3Sarasvatī (goddess of Speech) ?
Xiaren


  

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ta-pien-t'sai-t'ien nu (dabiancai tiannü)
Sarasvatī (goddess of Speech) ?


Explanation:
Could be the goddess of Speech, sometimes male, sometime female (大辯才天 or 大辯才女)
pinyin is dabiancai tiannü

See this page:
http://www.acmuller.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?59.xml id('b5927-8faf-5929')

Xiaren
Local time: 23:05
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thanks a lot!
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ta-pien-t'sai-t'ien nu
辩才天女萨拉斯瓦蒂(Sarasvati)


Explanation:
印度蜜月专题
三大主神之——梵天(Brahma) ... 然后他开始创造世界万物。在印度教造像中,
梵天通常是婆罗门祭司装束,四面四臂,手持吠陀,坐在莲花上或乘骑天鹅。
梵天居住在迷卢山,他创造的辩才天女萨拉斯瓦蒂(Sarasvati)是他的神妃 ...
www.himalayatours.com.cn/ india/ztzl/honeymoon/3dzs/3sbrahma.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

藏学文库——喜玛拉雅的人与神
... 这位乐神正在弹奏一个琵琶,它与现今西藏依然使用的琵琶在形状上更为接近。
通过深入的研究,我们发现在佛教天国的大部分天层里都有琵琶。例如:
印度女神婆罗室伐底(意为辩才天女)被引入西藏的神殿,叫做妙音佛母 ...
www.tibet-web.com/zangxue/03mjmy/renyushen/01.htm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages

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Just more references to follow on from Xiaren, but where is \'大\'辩才天女\'的大\'?

龚天民新文集
... Brahma,是宇宙的创造者,妻子是SaraSVati;(二)毘瑟笯神ViShnu,是太阳的神格化,
有二十三种化身;(三)湿婆神SiVa,此神最受大众敬拜,能给人带来繁荣。但奇怪的是,
象征此神的即是一条男性的生殖器,叫做Linga,在印度各寺院 ...
www.jonahome.org/files/tianmin/06.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

chica nueva
Local time: 19:05
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joy Ng: 辩才天女 normally has no 大。
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