Pāli Dictionary

Kumbhīra

Person

住在王舍城外毘富羅山的一位夜叉,曾率領龐大眷屬出席《大會經》的宣說。

A yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand (D.ii.257).

He is called Rājagahika because he was born in Rājagaha (DA.ii.686). Sometimes (e.g., J.vi.272) he is spoken of as chief of the Kumbhaṇḍā.

When Bimbisāra wished to visit the courtesan Padumavatī at Ujjeni, the chaplain enlisted Kumbhīra’s assistance in transporting the king there (ThigA.39).

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