salvation, Buddha
薩 centers on the concept of salvation and the Buddha, primarily used in Buddhist contexts to refer to bodhisattvas or enlightened beings who guide others to salvation.
薩 is a phono-semantic compound used to transliterate Sanskrit sounds in Buddhist terms. It combines the grass radical 艹 with 隡, which contributes the sound. The character was created specifically for Buddhist transcription and has no independent ancient pictographic origin.
The top grass radical 艹 suggests something growing or spreading, while the bottom 隡 looks like a complex structure. Imagine a bodhisattva's compassion spreading like grass, bringing salvation to all beings.
For サツ, picture a bodhisattva sitting in meditation: the word 'sits' sounds like サツ, and the bodhisattva sits to attain enlightenment and bring salvation.
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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
The Sword of Doom (1966 film)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
The Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)
buddhas and bodhisattvas
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Tara (female aspect of Avalokitesvara)
Buddha-like compassion
Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
Lhasa (China)
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)