Pāli Dictionary

Inda

Person

Āṭānāṭiya Sutta में वर्णित कई संरक्षक देवताओं (Dhataraṭṭha और Kuvera सहित) के इक्यानबे-इक्यानबे पुत्रों के समूहों द्वारा साझा किया जाने वाला एक नाम, जिन्हें बुद्ध के शक्तिशाली अनुयायी बताया गया है।

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbā. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha (D.iii.197).

The name is also given as that of the ninety-one sons of Virūḷha, king of the Kumbhaṇḍā (D.iii.198); of Virūpakkha, king of the Nāgā (p.199); and of Kuvera, king of the Yakkhā (p.202). Further on in the same sutta, Inda is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa and others as a yakkha, to whom appeal should be made by disciples of the Buddha when needing protection (p.204).

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.257 f), also, Inda is mentioned as the name of the Sons of the Regent Gods of the Four Quarters.

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