Pāli Dictionary

Nārada15

Person

Un yakkha qui exigeait autrefois chaque année un sacrifice humain d’un village voisin, jusqu’à sa conversion par le Bouddha Dīpaṅkara.

A yakkha who presided over Nāradakūṭa. Offerings, which included a man from each village, were brought to him once a year. Dīpaṅkara Buddha visited him and, after performing many miracles, converted him. He, with ten thousand other yakkhas, became a Stream-winner. Bu.ii.199; BuA.101.

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