Jiz

Bayt Jiz - History
... Nearby Khirbet Bayt Jiz has been claimed as the site of the Biblical Gizo and has been linked to the Crusader settlement of Gith, although the latter association was dubbed ... Bayt Jiz is not recorded in early Arabic sources ... The Survey of Western Palestine, taken in 1881, mentions that Khirbet Bayt Jiz had "Traces of ruins and a sacred maqam.. ...

Butsu Zone - Characters
... Jizō (ジゾウ, Jizō?) (The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha) Senju's childhood friend ... Beam (印ビーム, In-bīmu?) he also has the Jizō Armor (地蔵天衣, Jizō āmā?) which he used only once in the series ...

Bountos - Non-Soul Reapers - Zanpakutō Spirits - Ashisogi Jizō
... Ashisogi Jizō is a Zanpakutō owned by Mayuri Kurotsuchi ... Kenpachi Zaraki until Mayuri arrives and causes Ashisogi Jizō to be shattered ...

Kstigarbha - In Buddhist Traditions - In Japan
... In Japan, Ksitigarbha, known as Jizō, or Ojizō-sama as he is respectfully known, is one of the most loved of all Japanese divinities ... It is believed that Jizō saves these souls from having to pile stones eternally on the bank of the river as penance, by hiding them from demons in his robe, and letting them hear mantras ... Jizō statues are sometimes accompanied by a little pile of stones and pebbles, put there by people in the hope that it would shorten the time children have to suffer in the underworld ...

Bayt Jiz - History - 1948 War, and Aftermath
... According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the residents of Bayt Jiz fled their village following an Israeli military assault against it on April 20, 1948 ... Bayt Jiz was occupied by the Sheva Brigade of the Haganah in the interval between the first and second assaults on Latrun in late May 1948 ... Times correspondent reported that the unsuccessful Israeli assault on Latrun spread to Bayt Jiz on May 25 ...