Pāli Dictionary

Adhamma

Person

提婆达多的前生,是一位在斋戒日现身劝人作恶的欲界天神;他与“法”天神(菩萨的前生)在空中辩论后,一头栽入地狱。

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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