Śakra
Śakra is served by Mātali, who is his charioteer. Śakra petitioned Pañcasikha to intercede with the Buddha so that he might have an audience with him.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Devol, Īśvara, King Brahma, Guanyin as Great Mercy, Guanyin as Great Compassion, Guanyin of the Universally Shining Great Light, Guanyin as The Divine Hero, Guanyin as Mahābrahmā the Profound, Fearless Lion-like Guanyin, Vamana, Bhaga, Vivasvan, Dhata, Savitar, Aryamā, Pūṣā, Tvaṣṭā, Sujā, Indrani, Panāda, Opamañña, Nala, Cittasena, Janesabha, Timbarū, Bhaddā Suriyavacchasā, Pañcasikha, Sikhandī, Mātali, Vaiśravaṇa, Maheśvara, Indra, Mitra, Varuna
- allied with
- Guanyin
- consort of
- Sujā, Shachi, Sarvasattvojohārī
- enemy of
- Vemacitrin, Ashura, Vepacitti, Bali
- manifests as
- Vajrapāṇi
- served by
- Mātali, Manimekhala
- creator of
- Saw Nan Mu
- child of
- Aditi
Mentioned by
- Panāda
- Opamañña
- Nala
- Cittasena
- Janesabha
- Timbarū
- Bhaddā Suriyavacchasā
- Pañcasikha
- Sikhandī
- Mātali
- Vaiśravaṇa
- Maheśvara
- Indra
- Mitra
- Varuna
- Shachi
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Mātali is the charioteer of Śakra. Śakra petitioned Pañcasikha to intercede with the Buddha so that he might have an audience with him.”
#7187 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“When Śakra became the ruler of that world, the asuras celebrated by drinking much Gandapāna wine, a liquor so strong that Śakra forbade the other gods to drink it. Weakened by their drunkenness, the asuras could not resist when Śakra had the whole lot of them thrown over the edge of Trāyastriṃśa”
#21957 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the mythic cycle of the god Devol, when the latter approaches Sri Lanka and his ship founders, it is Manimekhalai, on the instructions of the god Śakra, who conjures up a stone boat to save him.”
#29217 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“On her way to Pagan, she was stopped by the lord of celestials, Śakra. Śakra tried to negotiate between Alaungsithu and her and asked her to donate her magical arts as an offering to him, and she agreed to his request.”
#29392 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“She is preeminently the mother of 12 Âdityas, whose names include Vivasvān, Aryamā, Pūṣā, Tvaṣṭā, Savitar, Bhaga, Dhātā, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Śakra.”
#30000 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001