Vessāmitta3
PersonA yakkha chief, one of five hundred bearing the same name, present at the Buddha’s teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta and later invoked by his followers in times of need.
A yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, was present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.257.
He is mentioned among the yakkha chiefs to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha (D.iii.205).
Buddhaghosa says he was so called because he lived on a mountain called Vessāmitta. DA.ii.686; iii.970.
DN 32DN 20
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