A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

GION

Gion: translation

An alternative name for theYasaka Jinja, Kyoto. It derives from Gion-shoja (Sanskrit: Jetavana-vihara) a monastery built in Koshala (Central India) by the rich merchant Sudatta, said to be the first donated to the Buddhist order. Gion is also a collective term for the purifying deities enshrined in the Yasaka Jinja;Susano-o-no-mikoto, Yasaka-no-sume-no-kami (Gion-san) and Inada hime-no-mikoto.
See Tenno and Gion matsuri.

  1. gion—Gion bersetzungrtoromanische Kurzform von Johannes Bedeutung Gott ist gndig. Vor allem in der Schweiz gebruchlich....Deutsch namen
  2. giỡn—трунить...Вьетнамско-русский словарь
  3. giòn—хрупкий хрупкость ломкий...Вьетнамско-русский словарь