…always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains…

…figure, a life longer than that of other men, good health, and popularity with all classes of his subjects. The perfume of sandalwood issues…

…when the Buddha told him what he had accomplished he asked the Buddha if he were “Anantajina.” When the Buddha acknowledged it, Upaka shook…

…Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progressive order, between manussā and…