Pāli Dictionary

erāvaṇa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 伊羅婆那；帝釋天所乘之象名

  • 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

  • 帝釋天的坐騎象，據說每逢忉利諸天出遊嬉戲，便化現出三十三個莊嚴象首供諸天乘坐。

  • 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 所擁有的一頭象。

  • The elephant belonging to Candakumāra.

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