sātāgira 1 · sātāgira 2
<b> <c c="#a00149">Sātāgira</c> </b> <br>A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions. <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.176–205</c> <br>Sātāgira is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.204</c> as one of the Yakkhas to be invoked in time of need by the Buddha’s followers.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, comp) name of a mountain
(masc, masc, comp) name of a daemon [lit.] pleasing speech; (or) nice mountain Construction: sāta > sātā + girā + *a sātāgirā + *a