Pāli Dictionary
cosmology
忉利天の主、帝釈天（サッカ）の異名
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サッカの一名で、前世の人間としての生において他者に住居を与えたことに由来する、あるいはヴァス神群の長であることに由来すると言われる
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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