Pāli Dictionary

erāvaṇa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 에라와나, 삭까(제석천)의 코끼리 이름

  • Erāvaṇa, the name of Sakka’s (Indra’s) elephant

  • Ja 544

    idam'assa hatthiratanaṃ, erāvaṇo gajo balī dantī, tedāni ayyaputtā, cattāro vadhāya ninnītā.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Erāvana
Personapproximate

  • 삭까의 코끼리로, 삼십삼천의 신들이 놀러 나갈 때마다 그들을 위해 서른세 개의 화려한 머리를 받칠 만큼 거대한 형상을 취한다고 전해진다.

  • Sakka’s elephant, said to assume a form vast enough to bear thirty-three magnificent heads for the gods of Tāvatiṃsa whenever they went out to play.

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Erāvana2
Personapproximate

  • 짠다꾸마라 소유의 코끼리.

  • The elephant belonging to Candakumāra.

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