The corpus record — Pali

issarā

Issara

lord, ruler, master, chief AN.iv.90 ; Snp.552 ; Ja.i.89 (˚jana), Ja.i.100 , Ja.i.283 (˚bheri); Ja.iv.132 (˚jana); Pv.iv.6#7 (˚mada) Mil.253 (an˚ without a ruler); Dhs-a.141 ; DN-a.i.111 ; Pv-a.31 (gehassa issarā); Sdhp.348 , Sdhp.431 . creative deity, Brahmā, DN.iii.28 ; MN.ii.222 = AN.i.173 ; Vism.

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Where it lives

Digha Nikaya 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

lord, ruler, master, chief AN.iv.90; Snp.552; Ja.i.89 (˚jana), Ja.i.100, Ja.i.283 (˚bheri); Ja.iv.132 (˚jana); Pv.iv.6#7 (˚mada) Mil.253 (an˚ without a ruler); Dhs-a.141; DN-a.i.111; Pv-a.31 (gehassa issarā); Sdhp.348, Sdhp.431.
creative deity, Brahmā, DN.iii.28; MN.ii.222 = AN.i.173; Vism.598.

Vedic īśvara, from īś to have power, cp. also P. īsa

In the wild

issarā Digha Nikaya 20 (dn20:20.9)

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.