Pāli Dictionary

erāvaṇa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 伊罗婆那；帝释天所乘之象名

  • 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

  • 帝释天的坐骑象，据说每逢忉利诸天出游嬉戏，便化现出三十三个庄严象首供诸天乘坐。

  • 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.

DN 20
Erāvana2
Personapproximate

  • Candakumāra 所拥有的一头象。

  • The elephant belonging to Candakumāra.

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