Pāli Dictionary

erāvaṇa

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Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 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
Person

  • 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
Person

  • The elephant belonging to Candakumāra.

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