Pāli Dictionary

vepacitti

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 웨빠찟띠; 아수라의 우두머리(아수라왕)

  • 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

  • 아수라 중 최고위에 있던 아수라 우두머리로 Rāhu의 친구. 한때 천신들에게 사로잡혀 결박된 채 Sakka 앞으로 끌려간 적이 있다.

  • 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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