Inda
PersonMột tên gọi chung cho các nhóm chín mươi mốt người con trai của nhiều vị thần hộ vệ (gồm Dhataraṭṭha và Kuvera) được mô tả trong Āṭānāṭiya Sutta là những tùy tùng hùng mạnh của Đức Phật.
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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