Pāli Dictionary

vessāmitta1

vessaprefixmittastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 毗舍蜜多，古代著名的吠陀仙人

  • 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

  • 毗舍蜜多，出席《大会经》的夜叉首领，被祈请为护法

  • 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

  • 古代一位著名的仙人。

  • A renowned sage of antiquity.

MN 95AN 7.52
Vessāmitta2
Person

  • 古代一位国王，因行善而转生于帝释天。

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

Vessāmitta3
Person

  • 一位夜叉首领，与五百位同名夜叉一同出现于佛陀宣说《大集会经》之时，后成为佛弟子遇难时祈求护佑的对象之一。

  • 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

Found an error in the dictionary?