Kuvera

kuprefixvīrrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vīr⁸英雄的であれ。敵対的になる

cosmology

クヴェーラ（毘沙門天）；北方の守護神、夜叉の王、富の神
Kuvera; guardian deity of the north, king of the Yakkhas, god of wealth (= Vessavaṇa)

DN 20
uttarañ'ca disaṃ rājā, kuvero taṃ pasāsati, yakkhānañ'ca adhipati, mahārājā yasassiso.

Encyclopedia

Person

ウッタラクルの王にして夜叉たちの主であり、壮麗な従者を伴う北方の統治者で、前世でサトウキビ栽培のバラモンとして気前よく布施を行ったことでこの地位を得たと言われる
King of Uttarakuru and lord of the yakkhas, ruler of the northern quarter with a splendid retinue, said to have earned this position through generous almsgiving in a former life as a brahmin sugar-farmer.

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