Pāli Dictionary

Soṇadinna

Person

忉利天に七つの宮殿を持つ神で、御者マータリがニミ王に説明したところによれば、前世はカッサパ仏の時代に修行者のために庵室を建てた慈悲深い居士であった。

A devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṃsa. King Nimi saw these on his visit to Sakka, and Mātali explained to him that Soṇadinna had been a householder in a Kāsi village in the time of Kassapa Buddha and had built hermitages for holy men, providing them with all necessities. J.vi.118 f.

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