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Vemacitrin (Sanskrit) or
Vepacitti (Pāli) is the name of a
leader of the
Asuras who
figures prominently in many
Buddhist sūtras.
Vemacitrin is the most...
- terrible-faced Kālakañjakas. In Pali texts,
names that are
found include Vepacitti, Rāhu (believed to be
synonymous with Verocana), Pahārāda, Sambara, Bali...
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victorious and the
asura king
Vepacitti was
captured and imprisoned. When the deva lord
Sakka visited Vepacitti in prison,
Vepacitti "abused and
reviled him...
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married to Sujā,
daughter of the
chief of the asuras,
Vemacitrin (Pāli
Vepacitti).
Despite this relationship, a
state of war
generally exists between the...
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different tribes or factions. In Pali texts,
names that are
found include Vepacitti, Rāhu (Verocana), Pahārāda, Sambara, Bali, Sucitti, and Namucī. According...
- chariot; and Sujā, Śakra's wife and
daughter of the
Asura chief Vemacitrin (
Vepacitti). The Trāyastriṃśa
heaven appears several times in
Buddhist stories, in...
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single ruler, but
among their leaders are
Vemacitrin वेमचित्री (Pāli:
Vepacitti वेपचित्ती) and Rāhu. In
later texts, we find the
Asura realm as one of...
