Meghasamdesa (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Meghasaṃdeśa》(英語表記)Meghasamdesa
Meghasamdesa (English spelling)

...means "messenger of the clouds." There are many extant versions, and the one from South India is called Meghasaṃdeśa (Message of the Clouds), and each version consists of 110 to 120 verses. The story is set in a poem by a yaksha (demon) who was banished from the service of Kubera (Bishamonten), the god of wealth, for neglecting his duties and living in the mountains of Ramagiri in central India. When he saw the clouds announcing the rainy season moving northward, he longed for his wife, whom he had left behind in Alaka (Kubera's capital) in the Himalayas, and entrusted a message to the clouds.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Meghasaṃdeśa" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…〈雲の使者〉という意味。伝本は多く,南インド所伝のものは《メーガサンデーシャMeghasaṃdeśa(雲の伝言)》と呼ばれ,いずれも110ないし120の詩句よりなる。富の神クベーラ(毘沙門天)に仕える1人のヤクシャ(夜叉)が勤めを怠ったために追放され,中インドのラーマギリの山中に住んでいたが,雨季を告げる雲が北方に進むのを見て,ヒマラヤのアラカー(クベーラの都)に残した妻をしのび,雲に音信を託してよんだ詩という設定になっている。…

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