Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
vīr8英勇；敵對
cosmology
俱吠羅（毘沙門天）；北方守護神，夜叉王，財富之神
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
Kuvera
Person北俱盧洲（Uttarakuru）之王、夜叉之主，統領北方一方，眷屬極為壯盛，據說前生是一位廣行佈施的婆羅門蔗農，因此功德而得此果報。
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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