Cittarāja2
Person판두카바야가 아바야 저수지 아래쪽 정착지와 축제일에 자기 곁의 자리로 공경했던 야카로, 『대사』에서는 한때 왕의 목숨을 구한 목동 칫따의 화신이라고 하나, 아마도 야카 칫따라자(1)와 동일인일 것이다.
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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