Pāli Dictionary
cosmology
帝釋天（三十三天之主）的別稱
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帝釋天的一個稱號，據說源於他前世為人時曾施捨住處予人，或因他是婆藪天眾之首。
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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