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I was not familiar with Benzaiten so I Googled. ...
then I found that it is also called as "Benten-sama" which is very familiar name among all Japanese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Lucky_Gods
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It seems like "Bensaiten" in Japanese (辯才天) is origin, then "Benten"(弁天) is well-known among ordinal people like me....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzaiten ..... 辯才天 → 辯財天 → 弁才天 → 弁財天 → 弁天(Ben ten) ... it is complicated, isn't it?
So, the Benten is more of an everyday useage and the Benzaiten is the "older" more formal? Yes, it's complicated. I have a copy of Rosetta Stone to TRY to learn Japanese. One of these days I will get into trying to learn. Right now, I'm more intimidated with the language and at my age, I don't know if I'll be able to succeed!?
Mike
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