Vessavaṇa

name of one of the Four Great Kings

1 sutta or story with them; mentioned 89 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

With Vessavaṇa

• 9. Āṭānāṭiyasuttaṃ – Dīghanikāya · Pāthikavaggapāḷi

In the same suttas

• Gijjhakūṭa (1)
• Rājagaha (1)

Often named with

• Kuvera (7)
• Sakka (7)
• Yama (7)
• Puṇṇaka (5)
• Soma (4)
• Bārāṇasī (3)
• Āḷavaka (2)
• Ayoghara (2)
• Brahmadatta (2)
• Dussāvudha (2)
• Janavasabha (2)
• Kāsi (2)
• Mahāmoggallāna (2)
• Nandamātar (2)
• Revatī (2)
• Simbalivana (2)
• Visāṇā (2)

Mentioned in

• Dīghanikāya · Mahāvaggapāḷi: 1
• Majjhimanikāya · Mūlapaṇṇāsapāḷi: 3
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipātapāḷi: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Vimānavatthupāḷi: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Petavatthupāḷi: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Apadānapāḷi: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātakapāḷi: 5
• Vinayapiṭaka · Pārājikakaṇḍa-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Dīghanikāya · Mahāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 3
• Dīghanikāya · Pāthikavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 7
• Majjhimanikāya · Mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Saṃyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Saṃyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcaka-chakka-sattakanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Udāna-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 12
• Khuddakanikāya · Vimānavatthu-aṭṭhakathā: 8
• Khuddakanikāya · Petavatthu-aṭṭhakathā: 3
• Khuddakanikāya · Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā: 4
• Khuddakanikāya · Cariyāpiṭaka-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā: 25

Others of this name

• Vessavaṇa: One of the names of Kuvera, given to him because his kingdom is called Visāṇā (DN.iii.201;