てんま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんま – see the following entries.
【天魔】
[noun] (mythology) demon; evil spirit
[proper noun] (Buddhism) Mara, demonic ruler of the sixth heaven in the Desire Realm who tempts souls away from enlightenment.
【天麻】
[noun] (traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizome of Gastrodia elata used in medicine
(This term, てんま (tenma), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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