A Yakkha who tried to frighten the Buddha, but who, later, became his disciple. Ud.4–5

…to have been confused with Makkhali Gosāla. He was called Kesakambali because he wore a blanket of human hair, which is described as being the…

…The mother of the Yakkha Piyaṅkara, while wandering in search of food, heard him at night reciting some verses from the Dhammapada and…

…quite dark, but a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka, sped him on with words of encouragement. By force of his piety the darkness vanished.

The Buddha was…

…others were Sunetta, Mūgapakkha, Kuddālaka, Hatthipāla and Jotipāla. In the Aṅguttara AN.iv.135f. a seventh name is added, Araka.

They…

…the preaching of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.14

He was responsible for the conversion of Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Sāriputta, in the…

…gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four unhappy rebirths or evil states…

…ta….

…yakkha chief to whom disciples of the Buddha should make appeal in time of need….

…as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in case of need. DN.iii.204 He once visited Lomasakaṅgiya at the…

…preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s…

…of the South, Virūpakkha of the West, and Vessarana of the North. DN.ii.207f. DN.iii.194f. They keep large retinues consisting,…

A Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by disciples of the Buddha in times of need. DN.iii.205

…Close by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him….

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

…together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and Kaṇhāgotamakas. For their own protection, monks are advised to fill their hearts with…

…youth Māgha, Snp.p.86 the Yakkha Inda, SN.i.206 Sakka, SN.i.233 SN.iv.102 the Paribbājaka Sajjha, AN.iv.371 the Kassapagotta monk, AN.i.237…

One of the Yakkha chieftains, to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.205

A spot near Benares, visited by the Buddha on his begging rounds. AN.i.280

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A Yakkha chief who should be invoked when unbelieving Yakkhas molest any follower of the Buddha. DN.iii.204

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

A Yakkha chieftain to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

…and of Kuvera, king of the Yakkhas. DN.iii.202 Further on in the same sutta, Inda is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa and others as a Yakkha, to whom…

A peak near Rājagaha, the abode of the yakkha Indaka. The Buddha once lived there. SN.i.206

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…the Cūḷa DukkhakKhaṇḍa Sutta it is said that a large number of Nigaṇṭhas lived at Kāḷasilā, never sitting down,…

…of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by the…

…was preached the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta. MN.i.91f.

The Dakkhiṇā-vibhaṅga Sutta was preached as the result of a visit to the Buddha by…

…friend to an assembly of yakkhas, yielded, despite the warning of his friend, to the temptation to give a knock on the monk’s shining head….

A Yakkha, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as being one of the chief Yakkhas who should be invoked by followers of the Buddha when they need…

A yakkha, friend of Sūciloma. He was passing through Gayā with Sūciloma when the latter questioned the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in…

…of which, Dīgha Parajana Yakkha sang the praises of all three. MN.i.205ff. Their number was increased by the presence of Bhagu,…

One of the great Yakkhas, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204…

…with Nanda Vaccha and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.238

Kisasankicca is spoken of as one of the three shining lights of the Ajivakas MN.i.524 and is…

…and be born among the Kālakañjakas. The prophecy proved true, and Sunakkhatta learnt the truth from Korakkhatta’s corpse. DN.iii.6ff.

One of the greater Yakkhas who should be invoked by a follower of the Buddha when assailed by evil spirits. DN.iii.204

A class of spirits mentioned with Yakkhas, Asuras and Nāgas. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king. DN.ii.257 DN.iii.198

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one…

…all called Inda. DN.iii.201f. He rules over the northern clime and is lord of the Yakkhas, with a splendid retinue. DN.ii.257 He is a follower of…

…of a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Korakkhattiya will, after his…

One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta…

…the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, MN.i.92 it is said that Kāḷasilā was also the residence of some…

…Nandaka, SN.v.389 Sunakkhatta, MN.ii.252 Bhaddiya, AN.ii.190f. Sāḷha and Abhaya, AN.ii.200 all attended by numerous retinues; their…

…down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he was told to wait till they saw the…

…also the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta and Sekha Sutta, both preached to Mahānāma.

Mahānāma is included in a list of exemplary lay…

…DN.i.891 DN.i.893 In the Lakkhaṇa Sutta, DN.iii.142ff. however, an extensive description is given as to how these marks are brought about by…

…he were a disciple of Makkhali.

Makkhali’s followers are known as the Ājīvakas.

The Buddha considered Makkhali as the most dangerous of…

A yakkha chief, to be invoked by Buddhists in time of need. DN.iii.205

MaṇimālikaMaṇimālaka

A shrine where the Buddha stayed and where he was visited by the Yakkha Maṇibhadda. SN.i.208

4shrine

…DN.iii.264 AN.i.35 Their language is called Milakkhabhāsā.

…the Buddha’s head. Vin.i.3 Ud.ii.1

Mucalinda²

One of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need….

A Yakkha chief to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. Aiii.205

…Then, in dejection, the Yakkha disappeared thence.“

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.124f. AN.v.46 also contains a sutta in which three…

…in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need.

…being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classification of the six classes, to be of…

A Yakkha chieftain. DN.iii.204

A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…that the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta was preached. During one of the Buddha’s residences in Nigrodhārāma, the Sākyans invited him to…

…(Ahirājakulāni): Virūpakkha, Erāpatha, Chabyāputta and Kaṇhāgotamaka. The enmity between the Nāgas and the Garulas is proverbial….

…Sutta, DN.iii.204 in a list of eminent yakkha generals.

…is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in times of danger.

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining happiness. Thag.63

one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

PatāyantiPatāyantīBhagalavatī

A place in Uttarakuru where the Yakkhas assemble. The Dīgha Nikāya DN.iii.201 speaks of it as a hall (sabhā).

5building

…know the way to Nibbāna. SN.i.48 It is probably this same deva who is mentioned as a Mahāyakkha in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.205…

A cave near Kosambī. The wanderer Sandaka is said to have stayed there. Nearby was the Devakatasobbha. MN.i.513

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A little boy Yakkha. While his mother, with him on her hip, was seeking for food at night, she came unexpectedly to Jetavana where Anuruddha was…

…young Yakkha. SN.i.210

Punabbasu²

One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Panabbasukā, and, together…

…Yakkha chief mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 among those to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in…

…thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi general Ajita would be born in Mahā Niraya, but…

…AN.iii.383 is attributed to Makkhali Gosāla.

His gotta name was Kassapa. He had a following of five hundred, among whom was the devaputta Asama….

A class of demons, chiefly nocturnal and harmful. They usually have their haunt in the water and devour men when bathing there. Some of them live in the sea. Thag.931 Snp.10

…such as Kīṭāgiri, Upatissagāma, Kolitagāma, Andhakavinda, Sakkhara and Codanāvatthu.

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A Yakkha, one of the messengers of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

…devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of several other Devas, and spoke a verse in…

…chief of the Vasū.

• Sahassakkha or Sahassanetta (Thousand-eyed) because in one moment he can think of one thousand matters.
• Sujampati, because…

SakkharaSakkāra

A township of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of…

Serissaka¹

A Yakkha chieftain to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

Serissaka¹Serīsaka

A…

…Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

…He may be identical with one of the other Sumanas.

Sumana⁴

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked in time of need by followers of the…

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

…to win the admiration of Sunakkhatta was Pātikaputta, and Sunakkhatta wished the Buddha to pay honour to him. But the Buddha quoted to Sunakkhatta…

A Yakkha, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.205

…Nagaraka, Medatalumpa, Sakkhara and Ulumpa (q.v.). Within the Sākyan tribe there were probably several clans, gottā. The Buddha himself…

…to go roaming. His former Yakkha mother seeing this, warned his human mother as described in the Sānu Sutta. The latter was overwhelmed with…

A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions….

…was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155f. When the Buddha was staying there, Māra asked him to die. DN.ii.116

In the Sītavana…

Sīvaka¹

A Yakkha who helped Anāthapiṇḍika to find the Buddha at Sītavana.Vin.ii.155f. SN.i.211 He is mentioned among the chief…

A Yakkha. Once, when the Buddha was at the Tankitamañca in Gayā, which was the abode of Sūciloma, Sūciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be…

…The village of Uttarakā belonged to them, and when the Buddha was staying there with Sunakkhatta, the latter was greatly taken up with the…

Uttarakā²

A village of the Thūlūs. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was also staying there. DN.iii.6

4town

…got rid of her sad Yakkha-state and obtained heavenly bliss, and took up her residence in a tree near the Buddha’s Fragrant Chamber….

A Yakkha. It is said that whoever, even up to the third time of being asked, refuses to answer a reasonable question put by a Buddha, his head will…

…at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.12 A verse attributed to him is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.61

Vappa²

A…

…he is mentioned with Indra and others as a Yakkha chief.

…descend the mountain in very little time. SN.ii.190f.

Vepulla was the abode of the Yakkha Kumbhīra and his one hundred thousand followers….

…Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

…Tevijja, Vacchagotta, Sunakkhatta and Ratana.

One hundred years after the Buddha’s death Vesāli was again the scene of interest for…

…having been born as a Yakkha, revealed himself to her. She was guilty of no transgression of the precepts, could enter into the four jhānas…

…DN.iii.199 In the assembly of the devas he sits facing east. DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221

Virūpakkha²

A family of snakes or…

VīrāCīrā

A certain lay follower gave her a robe, and a Yakkha aware of this, went about praising his piety. SN.i.213

…distasteful to some of the Yakkhas. Such Yakkhas are disposed to molest the followers of the Buddha in their woodland haunts. Cp. the story of the…

One of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.205

…Vaccha, Kisa Saṅkicca, Makkhali Gosāla. A fourth leader, Paṇḍuputta, of wagon-building stock, is mentioned in the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta…

…(sic), Nigaṇṭha, Makkhali, Pūraṇa. Vetambari made rejoinder to Ākoṭaka, speaking disparagingly of the teachers he had mentioned….

…Bhoganagara dedicated to a yakkha called Ānanda. There the Buddha stayed during his last sojourn, and mention is made of a sermon he preached…

…his dweling, at which the yakkha became angry and threatened the Buddha. He was tamed by the Buddha and asked a series of questions Snp.p.31–33…

…the residence of Āḷavaka Yakkha and of Hatthaka Āḷavaka. The Therī, Selā was born in Āḷavī and was therefore known as Aḷavikā. There…

ṬaṅkitamañcaTaṅkitamañca

A place near Gayā. It was the residence of the Yakkha Sūciloma and the Buddha once stayed there. Snp.p.47f. SN.i.206

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