Pāli Dictionary

vessāmitta1

vessaprefixmittastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Vessāmitta, a celebrated Vedic sage of old

  • MN 95

    seyyath'idaṃ, aṭṭhako vāmako vāmadevo vessāmitto yamataggi aṅgīraso bhāradvājo vāseṭṭho kassapo bhagu, te'pi evam'āhaṃsu, mayam'etaṃ jānāma, mayam'etaṃ passāma. idam'eva saccaṃ, mogham'aññan'ti?

vessāmitta2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Vessāmitta, a yakkha chief present at the Mahāsamaya Sutta, invoked as a protector

  • DN 32

    sātāgiro hemavato, puṇṇako karatiyo guḷo, sivako mucalindo ca, vessāmitto yugan'dharo.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Vessāmitta
Person

  • A renowned sage of antiquity.

MN 95AN 7.52
Vessāmitta2
Person

  • A king of old whose virtuous life earned him rebirth in Sakka’s heaven.

Vessāmitta3
Person

  • A yakkha chief, one of five hundred bearing the same name, present at the Buddha’s teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta and later invoked by his followers in times of need.

DN 32DN 20

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