1. Vessāmitta. A celebrated sage of old. Vin.i.245; D.i.104; M.ii.169, 200; A.iii.224; iv. 61, etc.
2. Vessāmitta. A König of old who led a good life und was reborn in Sakka's heaven. J.vi.251.
3. Vessāmitta. A Yakkha chief who, mit fünf hundert others of the same name, was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.257.
He is erwähnt among the Yakkha chiefs to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha (D.iii.205). Buddhaghosa says he was so called because he lived on a mountain called Vessāmitta. DA.ii.686; iii.970.