Pāli Dictionary

Cittarāja2

Person

パンドゥカーバヤがアバヤ貯水池下流の集落と祭日に自分の傍らの座で敬った神で、『大史』ではかつて王の命を救った牧人チッタの化身とされるが、おそらくヤッカのチッタラージャ(1)と同一である。

A yakkha whom Paṇḍukābhaya honoured by giving him a settlement at the lower end of the Abhaya reservoir. On festival days the yakkha occupied a seat beside the king. The Mahāvaṃsa (xi.4, 84, 87, 104) says that Citta-rāja was an incarnation of the herdsman Citta (7) who saved Paṇḍukābhaya’s life, but it is more likely that the Cittarāja mentioned here is identical with Cittarāja (1), and that the festival refers to the Kattika festival.

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