Pāli Dictionary

vassakāra

vassastemkārasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Vassakāra, ein Brahmane, Erster Minister von König Ajātasattu

  • Vassakāra, a Brahmin who served as chief minister to King Ajātasattu of Magadha

  • AN 4.183

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. atha kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamah'āmatto yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.

Encyclopedia

Vassakāra
Person

  • Der brahmanische Erste Minister des Königs Ajātasattu, der nach dem Rat des Buddha, dass die Vajjī unbesiegbar seien, solange sie einig blieben, jahrelang durch berechnete Intrigen Zwietracht unter den Licchavī säte und so ihren Untergang herbeiführte.

  • A brahmin chief minister of King Ajātasattu who, following the Buddha’s counsel that the Vajjī could not be defeated while united, engineered their downfall by sowing discord among the Licchavī through years of calculated intrigue.

DN 16MN 108AN 4.35AN 4.183

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