危急の際に呼びかけるようブッダの信者たちに教えられた、夜叉の首領。

A yakkha chieftain whom the Buddha’s followers were told to invoke in time of need.

門前のセリーサ樹にちなんで名付けられた、四大王天にある天宮で、最初は天子ガヴァンパティが住み、後にパーヤーシが住んで、そこで出会う旅人たちに正しい布施の仕方を教えた。

A celestial mansion in the Cātummahārājika heaven, named for a serīsa-tree at its gate, that was occupied first by the devaputta Gavampati and later by Pāyāsi, who advised travelers he met there to give alms properly.