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Vāsava

A name of Sakka. S.i.221, 223, 229 30, 234 7; D.ii.260, 274; SN.vs.384; DhA.iii.270; J.i.65, etc.; Cv.xxxvii.151, etc.

Several explanations are given of the title. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya (S.i.229; cp. DhA.i.264) it is said that when he was a human being, in his previous birth, he gave dwelling places (āvasathaṃ adāsi) — hence the name.

According to the Dīgha Nikāya (D.ii.260), however, he is Vāsava because he is chief of the Vasū (Vasūnaṃ settho), whom Buddhaghosa (DA.ii.690) calls Vasudevatā.

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera