Pāli Dictionary

vāsava

vasustemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maghadeva, makhādeva, māgha, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

cosmology

  • 도리천의 지배자, 삭까(제석천)의 별칭

  • 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

  • 삭카의 한 이름으로, 전생 인간이었을 때 다른 이들에게 거처를 준 것에서 유래했다고도 하고, 바수 신들의 우두머리인 데서 유래했다고도 한다

  • 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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