Pāli Dictionary

maghadeva

maghastemdevasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

makhādeva, vāsava, māgha, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

cosmology

  • 帝釈天（サッカ）の別名

  • epithet of Sakka, king of the devas

  • MN 91

    atha kho bhagavā videhesu anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno yena mithilā tadavasari. tatra sudaṃ bhagavā mithilāyaṃ viharati maghadev'ambavane.

  • 帝釈と関連する前世の、正義の王の名

  • name of a righteous king, a former incarnation associated with Sakka

  • MN 83

    rājā kho pan'ānanda, maghadevo caturāsītivassasahassāni kumārakīḷitaṃ kīḷi, caturāsītivassasahassāni oparajjaṃ kāresi, caturāsītivassasahassāni rajjaṃ kāresi, caturāsītivassasahassāni imasmiṃ'y'eva maghadevaambavane agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito brahmacariyam'acari.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Maghādeva
Personapproximate

  • マハーサンマタから続く直系王統の王で、サキャ族の祖先であり、その子孫は代々ミティラーを治めた。菩薩と同一視され、後にニミ王として生まれ変わった。

  • A king in the direct royal line from Mahāsammata and an ancestor of the Sakyans, whose descendants reigned in Mithilā for generations; he is identified with the Bodhisatta, who was later reborn as King Nimi.

Maghādeva2
Personapproximate

  • アングリマーラの過去世であると同定される夜叉で、その物語は『スタヌ・ジャータカ』に語られる。

  • A yakkha identified with a past life of Aṅgulimāla; his story is told in the Sutanu Jātaka.

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