Pahārāda untranslated

Pahārāda. Pahārāda. An Asura chief (DN.ii.259). Buddhaghosa says (AN­a.ii.758) he was one of the three leaders of the Asuras, the others being Vepacitti and Rāhu. He first conceived a wish to see the Buddha on the day of the Awakening; but this wish was not fulfilled until eleven years later, when he visited the Buddha at Verañjā. The conversation which then took place is recorded in the Pahārādasutta (q.v.).