Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.399
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.399
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v1.c8.399
Īsāna is an older name for Rudra (Śiva).⁴ The conception of him had so far changed by the time of Buddhaghosa that in Buddhaghosa’s accounts he is given a seat near Sakka and inferior to his. Perhaps he was one of the thirty-three gods of Tāvatiṃsa.⁵