Shitennō
Shitennō ( 四 天王 , "four kings of heaven") means:
-
Lokapala ( Sanskrit
लोकपाल
lokapāla ) in Buddhism, the gods of protection and each protecting a
point of the compass
- Bishamonten ( 毘 沙門 天 , "The All Knower")
- Jikokuten ( 持 国 天 , "keeper of the state")
- Zōjōten ( 増 長 天 , " Who enlarges the kingdom")
- Kōmokuten ( 広 目 天 , "The one who observes everything")
- the four symbols of the Chinese star constellations