[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) › v2.c36.160 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.160 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.160 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.160) In the Sarabhaṅga Jātaka⁶³ mention is made of four daughters of Sakka—Āsā, Saddhā, Hirī and Sirī. His wife, Sujā, accompanied him everywhere on his travels,⁶⁴ even into the world of men, because that was the boon she had asked for on her marriage to him.⁶⁵ Vessavana was Sakka's special friend,⁶⁶ and when one Vessavana died, it was Sakka's duty to appoint a successor.⁶⁷ Matāli (q.v.) is Sakka's charioteer and constant companion. Vissakamma (q.v.) is his "handy-man." Sakka has twenty-five million handmaids and five hundred dove-footed nymphs (kakuṭapādiniyo), famed for their beauty. It was the sight of these which tempted the Buddha's step-brother, Nanda, to give up thoughts of Janapadakalyāṇī-Nandā.⁶⁸ Sakka's special weapon is the Vajirāvudha (\*q.v.\*), and his special drum the Ālambara (\*q.v.\*). His voice is sweet, like the tintinabulation of golden bells.⁶⁹ - [Previous: v2.c36.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.159) - [Next: v2.c36.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.161) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.429) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.160) · Pramāṇa