Pāli Dictionary

Indaka

Person

Яккха, обитавший в Индакūте близ Раджагахи, однажды спросивший Будду о том, как душа обретает материальную форму, и получивший в ответ объяснение развития зародыша без обращения к понятию души

A yakkha who lived in Indakūṭa, near Rājagaha. When the Buddha was staying at Indakūṭa, the yakkha questioned him as to how the soul finds its material counterpart. The Buddha, in reply, described how the embryo evolved into its final shape by the laws of physical growth and not by a soul’s fiat (S.i.206).

Buddhaghosa says (SA.i.231) that the yakkha was an animist (puggalavādin).

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