[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c6.3359 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3359 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3359 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3359) \*\*Asayha.\*\*—A rich seṭṭhi of \*\*Bheruva\*\*. He gave generously to holy men and to the needy. After death he was born in Tāvatiṃsa. A former servant of \*\*Aṅkura\*\*, who had settled down as a tailor in Bheruva, used to show the way to those who sought the house of Asayha, and was, therefore, reborn as a powerful yakkha.¹ In the \*Peta-Vatthu\* stanzas Asayha is once spoken of as \*\*Aṅgirasa\*\*.² - [Previous: v1.c6.3358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3358) - [Next: v1.c6.3360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3360) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3359) · Pramāṇa