Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2193

v2.c35.2193

¹⁷ See, e.g., DhA. iii. 74; J. i. 128; iii. 325 (Makhādeva). Sometimes, e.g., in the case of Avaruddhaka (DhA. ii. 237), a Yakkha had to serve Vessavaṇa for twelve years in order to obtain a particular boon (cf. J. ii. 16, 17). (Three years at J. iii. 502.) Vessavaṇa sometimes employs the services of uncivilized human beings (paccantamilakkhavāsika) DA. iii. 865 f. The Yakkhas fear him greatly. If he is angry and looks but once, one thousand Yakkhas are broken up and scattered “like parched peas | hopping about on a hot plate” (J. ii. 399). This was probably before he became a sotāpanna.