Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.981
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.981
- Language
- English
v1.c12.981
**Karoṭi.**—A class of spirits, associated with the Nāgas and forming one of the five defences of the Devas against the Asuras. The Jātaka scholiast says that Karoṭi is a name for the **Supaṇṇas** (a species of Garuḍa), and that they were so called because of their food and drink which were called Karoṭi (*tesaṃ karoṭi nāma pānabhojanaṃ*).¹