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Definitions for Bon

[1] Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
[2] an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.
[3] a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.
[4] Also called: Feast of Lanterns , Festival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
[5] the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest their religion
[6] Cape Bon a peninsula of NE Tunisia

Origin of Bon

2< Japanese, orig. Urabon < Chinese version of Sanskrit ullambana literally, hanging upside down (a metaphor for the suffering brought on by physical desires)

Word origin for Bon

from Japanese bon , originally Urabon , from Sanskrit ullambana hanging upside down