Basic Terms of Shinto 神道基本用語集

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Title	Gongen
	権現
Text	Avatar. In the process known as the harmonization of Buddhism and Shinto (shinbutsu shûgô), the concept of Shinto kami as manifestations of Buddhas come from India to save the Japanese developed. The term gongen was applied to previously known Shinto deities who were regarded as this type of god.