Vessāmitta3
Person一位夜叉首领，与五百位同名夜叉一同出现于佛陀宣说《大集会经》之时，后成为佛弟子遇难时祈求护佑的对象之一。
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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