Pāli Dictionary

vāsava

vasustemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maghadeva, makhādeva, māgha, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

cosmology

  • ein Beiname Sakkas, des Herrschers der Tāvatiṃsa-Götter

  • an epithet of Sakka, ruler of the Tāvatiṃsa gods

  • MN 50

    yo vejayantapāsāde, sakkaṃ so paripucchati, api vāsava jānāsi, taṇhākkhayavimuttiyo, tassa sakko viyākāsi, pañhaṃ puṭṭho yathātathaṃ.

  • DN 20

    jitā vajirahatthena, samuddaṃ asurāsitā, bhātaro vāsavass'ete, iddhimanto yasassino.

Encyclopedia

Vāsava
Other

  • Ein Name Sakkas, der entweder davon abgeleitet wird, dass er in einer früheren menschlichen Geburt anderen Wohnstätten gab, oder davon, dass er das Oberhaupt der Vasu-Götter ist

  • A name of Sakka, said to derive either from his having given dwelling places to others in a former human birth, or from his being chief of the Vasū gods.

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