Pāli Dictionary

Okkāka2

Person

マッラ国クサーヴァティーの王で、その正妃シーラヴァティーが帝釈天の子とされる二人の息子クサとジャヤンパティを生んだと、有名なジャータカで語られる。

King of Kusāvatī in the Malla country. He had sixteen thousand wives, the chief of whom was Sīlavatī. As a result of her consorting with Sakka, two sons were born, Kusa and Jayampati.

The story is related in the Kusa Jātaka. J.v.278 ff.

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