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《大會經》的夜叉首領，被祈請為護法

  • 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

  • 古代一位國王，因行善而轉生於帝釋天。

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

Vessāmitta3
Person

  • 一位夜叉首領，與五百位同名夜叉一同出現於佛陀宣說《大集會經》之時，後成為佛弟子遇難時祈求護佑的對象之一。

  • 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

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