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Vejayanta2

Person

帝釋天的座車,由千匹駿馬牽引,Mātali 擔任馭者,既用於征戰,也用來接引傑出的人間之人升往忉利天。

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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