삭까와 동일시되는 야차로, 부처님의 합당한 질문에 답하기를 거부하는 자를 벼락으로 위협하는 역할을 맡았으며, 암밧타와 삿짜까의 일화에 등장한다

A yakkha, identified with Sakka, whose role was to threaten with a thunderbolt anyone who refused to answer a Buddha’s reasonable question, as seen in the cases of Ambaṭṭha and Saccaka.