Vemacitrin
Buddhist · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Lord of the asuras (the demigod realm) and chief antagonist of the devas of Trāyastriṃśa; father-in-law of Sakka through his daughter Sujā. Subdued and bound by Sakka, who bore his abuse with patience.
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Sujā: Commentarial asura birth: Vepacitti (mother unnamed)G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Sujā, DhA i.269–279 and DA iii.716–717 (secondary)
Domains
- asura realm
- kingship of the asuras
Powers
- Lead the asuras in war on the devas
- Contend in verse before devas and asuras
Epithets
- वेमचित्रिन् Lord of the asuras, adversary of Śakra (Indra)Saṃyutta Nikāya, Sakka-saṃyutta (Vepacitti Sutta) (primary)
Relations
- enemy: ŚakraReciprocal of buddhist_sakra.enemy — Vepacitti, chief of the asuras, is the perennial foe of the devas of Trayastrimsa; also Sakra's father-in-law through Suja.Samyutta Nikaya 11 (Sakkasamyutta) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Pali Canon, Vepacitti-sutta (SN 11.4), Saṃyutta Nikāya (primary)