Pāli Dictionary

mātalī

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Mātalī; name of Sakka’s charioteer

  • MN 83

    ehi tvaṃ, samma mātali, sahassayuttaṃ ājaññarathaṃ yojetvā nimiṃ rājānaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evaṃ vadehi, ayaṃ te, mahārāja, sahassayutto ājaññaratho sakkena devānam'indena pesito, abhiruheyyāsi, mahārāja, dibbaṃ yānaṃ avikampamāno'ti.

  • DN 32

    panādo opamañño ca, devasūto ca mātali, cittaseno ca gandhabbo, naḷo rājā jan'esabho.

Encyclopedia

Mātali
Personapproximate

  • The chariot driver and constant companion of Sakka, who often accompanied him to the human world, sometimes in disguise, to fetch virtuous humans up to Tāvatiṃsa.

DN 20DN 32SN 11.4

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