Pāli Dictionary

pajjunna1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • パッジュンナ、雨の神；雨雲

  • Pajjunna, the deva-king of rain; also rain-cloud

  • SN 1.39

    atha kho kokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ mahāvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

  • SN 1.40

    idh'āgamā vijjupabhāsavaṇṇā, kokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā, buddhañ'ca dhammañ'ca namassamānā, gāthā'c'imā atthavatī abhāsi.

pajjunna2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • ある悪鬼の名（雨神パッジュンナとは別の存在）

  • name of a daemon (a being distinct from the rain-deva Pajjunna)

  • DN 32

    gopālo supparodho ca, hiri netti ca mandiyo, pañcālacaṇḍo āḷavako, pajjunno sumano sumukho, dadhimukho maṇi māṇivaro dīgho, atho serīsako saha.

Encyclopedia

Pajjunna
Person

  • 帝釈天の命により雨を降らせる雨の神で、女神コーカナダーとチューラ・コーカナダーの父であり、加護のために祈願される大いなる神霊の一つ。

  • The deva of rain who brings rain at Sakka’s command, father of the deities Kokanadā and Cūḷa-Kokanadā, and one of the great spirits invoked for protection.

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