Hotei
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck. Japanese
Example
More examples"Maybe read the astronomical document "Cassini RADAR images at Hotei Arcus and western Xanadu, Titan: Evidence for geologically recent cryovolcanic activity.""
Etymology
From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.