Pāli Dictionary

Deva12

Person

한때 굶주린 개에게 먹이를 준 적이 있어 그 결과 같은 마을에 다시 태어났고, 후에 출가하여 행운으로 기근에서 살아남았으며, 나무 신령의 보살핌을 받아 아라한이 된 데바가마의 대신이다.

A minister of Devagāma. He once gave food to a starving dog. He was reborn in the same village, and later entered the Order at Pupphavāsa-vihāra. During the Brāhmanatiya famine a tree deity looked after him for twelve years. Once men looking for food wished to kill him, but he was saved by his luck. He became an Arahant, and the deity looked after him for twelve years more. Ras.ii.13 f.

Deva.– See also Malaya-deva and Mahādeva.

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