Pāli Dictionary

vejayanta

vejayarootntasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vij1shake, be afraid, be in awe

cosmology

  • Vejayanta, name of Sakka’s palace in Tāvatiṃsa heaven, with a hundred towers each seven storeys high

  • Thag 20.1

    yo vejayantapāsādaṃ, pād'aṅguṭṭhena kampayi, tādisaṃ bhikkhum'āsajja, kaṇha dukkhaṃ nigacchasi.

  • MN 37

    so kho ahaṃ, mārisa moggallāna, taṃ saṅgāmaṃ abhivijinitvā vijitasaṅgāmo tato paṭinivattitvā vejayantaṃ nāma pāsādaṃ māpesiṃ. vejayantassa kho, mārisa moggallāna, pāsādassa ekasataṃ niyyūhaṃ.

  • Vejayanta, name of the chief chariot of King Mahāsudassana, its wheel-navel of sapphire, spokes of seven precious things, rim of coral

  • SN 22.96

    tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhu, rañño sato khattiyassa muddh'āvasittassa caturāsītirathasahassāni ahesuṃ sovaṇṇ'ālaṅ'kārāni sovaṇṇaddhajāni hemajālapaṭicchannāni vejayantarathappamukhāni.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Vejayanta
Place

  • A magnificent palace belonging to Sakka in Tāvatiṃsa, which Mahā-Moggallāna once made quake with his toe to test whether Sakka had truly understood the Buddha’s teaching.

Vejayanta2
Person

  • A chariot owned by Sakka, drawn by a thousand horses with Mātali as charioteer, used both in battle and to fetch distinguished humans up to Tāvatiṃsa.

Vejayanta3
Other

  • The chief of the eighty-four thousand chariots owned by King Mahāsudassana, adorned with sapphire, precious stones, coral, and silver.

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