베다에 나오는 주신 (主神)으로 후에 힌두교의 신이 됨. 범신 (梵神)이라 번역. 그러나 불교에서는 불법을 수호하는 도리천 (忉利天) 왕인 제석천 (帝釋天)을 말함

A major God in the Vedic pantheon, and then a god of Hinduism with diminished status. However, he was reinstated in Buddhist scriptures as the King of the gods and as a disciple of the Buddha and protector of the Dharma and its practitioners.