Uppala
1. Uppala.- A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. M.iii.70. 2. Uppala.- One of the yakkhas who guarded Jotiya’s palace. He had two thousand followers. DhA.iv.209. 3. Uppala.- Father of the warrior UmmÄda-Phussadeva. Mhv.xxiii.82. 4. Uppala (Uppalaka).- A hell (niraya) (S.i.152; Sn.p.126). Buddhaghosa says (SnA.ii.476f; see also A.v.173), however, that it is not a special hell, but the name of a period of suffering in hell. 5. Uppala.- One of the treasure-troves that rose up from the earth on the day of the Bodhisatta’s birth. It was three quarters of a league in extent. DA.i.284.
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