Adhamma
PersonA previous birth of Devadatta as a Kāmāvacara deity who appeared to people on fast days urging them to lead evil lives, and who, after a mid-air debate with the deity Dhamma, a previous birth of the Bodhisatta, plunged headlong into hell.
A Kāmāvacara god, Devadatta, in a previous birth.
He appeared to men on fast days and admonished them to lead evil lives.
Once he met Dhamma (the Bodhisatta), and the two had a discussion in mid-air, at the end of which Adhamma plunged headlong into hell (J.iv.100-3).
His vehicle was called Adhammayāna.
See the Dhammadevaputta Jātaka.
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