Pāli Dictionary

Ahirāja Sutta

Sutta

四大蛇族への慈愛を自己防護の手段として説く経で、サーヴァッティーで一人の比丘が蛇に噛まれた後に説かれ、別名でも知られる。

For self-protection one should practise loving-kindness (metta) for the four royal families of snakes:

Virūpakkha

Erāpatha

Chabyāputta

Kaṇhā-gotamaka

It was taught when a monk was bitten by a snake at Sāvatthi. A.ii.72. Cp. Vin.ii.109; SA.ii.144.

Another name for it is the Khandha Paritta.

AN 4.67

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