Pāli Dictionary
mātalī
approximatePart of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
マータリ；帝釈天の御者（神名）
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
Personサッカの御者かつ常なる伴侶で、しばしば変装して人間界へ同行し、徳の高い人々をタヴァティンサへ連れて行った。
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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