Pāli Dictionary

erāvaṇa

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Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • エーラーヴァナ、帝釈天の乗る象の名

  • 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
Person

  • 三十三天の神々が遊びに出かけるたびに、彼らのために三十三の壮麗な頭を担うほど巨大な姿を取ると言われる、サッカの象。

  • 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

  • チャンダクマーラの所有する象。

  • The elephant belonging to Candakumāra.

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