Pāli Dictionary

vepacitti

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Vepacitti, chef des Asuras (seigneur des démons)

  • Vepacitti, an Asura chieftain (lord of the demons/titans)

  • DN 20

    kālakañcā mahābhismā, asurā dānaveghasā, vepacitti sucitti ca, pahārādo namucī saha.

  • SN 11.4

    atha kho, bhikkhave, devā tāvatiṃsā vepacittiṃ asur'indaṃ kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandhitvā sakkassa devānam'indassa santike ānesuṃ sudhammasabhaṃ.

Encyclopedia

Vepacitti
Person

  • Un chef asura, le plus haut placé parmi les asuras et ami de Rāhu, qui fut un jour capturé par les devas et amené ligoté devant Sakka.

  • An Asura chieftain, the highest-ranking among the Asuras and a friend of Rāhu, who was once taken prisoner by the devas and brought bound before Sakka.

DN 20SN 11.5SN 35.248

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