cāturmahārājika (6191)

cāturmahārājika
Entry 6191, Page 227, Col. 2

(cAturmahArAjika, cAturmahArAjika)
cāturmahārājika¦, rarely and doubtfully °jaka, once cāturmāhā°, adj., almost always with deva or deva- putra (the noun rarely omitted), = prec., and catur° (= Pali cātu(m)mah°), belonging to the group of gods of the four ‘World-Guardians’, a class of kāmāvacara gods, see deva, and mahāraja(n): °jaka (but v.l. °jika), with- out noun deva, Mv i.263.15; in the rest, °jika, LV 46.19; 150.2; 266.4 f.; 401.8 f.; Mv i.31.10; 240.4 (v.l. °ja-kāyika); ii.2.8; 163.10; Divy 68.12; 83.6; 127.20; 219.8; 367.9; 554.4; Av i.5.1; 10.16, etc.; Mmk 19.12; common. This is the most usual form. Once, at least, cāturmāhārājika, Mv ii.314.5 (prose, no v.l.). Also mahārājika, q.v.

{{#arraymap:

|; |@@@ | | }}