Pāli Dictionary

vassakāra

vassastemkārasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • Vassakāra, brahmane, premier ministre du roi 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

  • Le brahmane premier ministre du roi Ajātasattu qui, suivant le conseil du Bouddha selon lequel les Vajjī étaient invincibles tant qu’ils restaient unis, orchestra leur chute en semant la discorde parmi les Licchavī par des années d’intrigues calculées.

  • 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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