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Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
ヴァッサカーラ（アジャータサットゥ王の宰相バラモン）
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.
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Vassakāra
PersonAjātasattu 王の婆羅門出身の宰相で、ヴァッジ族は団結している限り征服できないという仏の助言に基づき、長年の計算された策略でリッチャヴィ族の間に不和を植え付け、その没落を画策した。
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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