Vessāmitta3
Person같은 이름을 가진 오백 명 중 하나인 약카 우두머리로, 부처의 대집회경 설법에 참석했으며 후에 신도들이 어려운 때에 청하는 대상이 되었다.
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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