Vessāmitta3
Person一位夜叉首領，與五百位同名夜叉一同出現於佛陀宣說《大集會經》之時，後成為佛弟子遇難時祈求護佑的對象之一。
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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