vessāmitta
Vessāmitta1
A celebrated sage of old. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 Vin.i.2451
Vessāmitta2
A Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257 He is mentioned among the Yakkha chiefs to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205