indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Gender Masculine
Usage Buddhism
Other Forms FormsSanskrit: सुदृष्टि, Sudṛṣṭi; Chinese: 妙見菩薩 Japanese: 妙見菩薩
Meaning & History
Myōken, also known as Sonjō-Ō (尊星王, "Venerable Star King", also Sonsei-Ō or Sonshō-Ō), is a Buddhist deification of the North Star worshiped mainly in the Shingon, Tendai and Nichiren schools of Japanese Buddhism.