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忉利天之帝主。姓釋迦氏,謂之天帝釋,又云帝釋天。淨影維摩經疏曰:「帝猶主也,忉利天主名為天帝。」
King, or emperor of Heaven, i. e. 因陀羅 Indra, i. e. 釋 (釋迦); 釋迦婆; 帝 (帝釋); Śakra, king of the devaloka忉利天, one of the ancient gods of India, the god of the sky who fights the demons with his vajra, or thunderbolt. He is inferior to thetrimūrti, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, having taken the place of Varuṇa, or sky. Buddhism adopted him as its defender, though, like all the gods, he is considered inferior to a Buddha or any who have attained bodhi. His wife is Indrāṇī.
Heavenly Emperor; God
大智度論云釋迦提婆因堤秦言能天主即釋提桓因也是忉利天王也仁王經云若菩薩摩訶薩住千佛剎作忉利天王