<b> <c c="#a00149">Veroca</c> </b> <br>An Asura chieftain. All the hundred sons of Bali were named after him. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.259</c> <br>He is probably identical with Verocana, lord of the Asuras’ who, according to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.225f.</c> went with Sakka to visit the Buddha during his siesta. They waited upon the Buddha, leaning against a doorpost, and each uttered two stanzas on the necessity of striving until one’s aim is accomplished.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, from viroca) name of an asura lord Construction: vi + √ruc > roc + *a + *a viroca + *a