Pāli Dictionary

Vejayanta2

Person

帝釈天が所有する戦車で、千頭の馬に牽かれマータリが御者を務め、戦闘にも、また卓越した人間を忉利天へ連れて行くのにも用いられた。

A chariot owned by Sakka, one hundred and fifty leagues in length (DA.ii.481; SA.i.261; J.i.202), and drawn by one thousand horses, with Mātali as charioteer (S.i.224). Sakka rode into battle in this chariot (J.i.202), and it was sent to fetch distinguished humans to Tāvatiṃsa — e.g., Nimi, Guttila, and Sādhīna (q.v.) The Sudhābhojana Jātaka (J.v.408 f ) contains a description of the chariot with its pole of gold and its framework overlaid with gilt representations of various animals and birds. When the chariot travelled the whole world was filled with the sound of its wheels.

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