The Devaputra and the Asuras wage eternal war over Mount Meru — the Asuras were cast down from heaven and storm its slopes to reclaim what they lost, while the devas hurl them back each time, the cycle never ending because neither side can extinguish the other's karma.
Indra reigns as Sakka, king of the Devaputra and lord of Tavatimsa heaven atop Mount Meru, presiding over the thirty-three gods who feast in splendor until their merit expires and they fall to lower realms.
The Buddhist Devaputra derive directly from the Vedic Devas — the shining celestial beings who dwell in heavenly realms and war against the Asuras — though Buddhism reframes them as impermanent beings trapped in samsara rather than eternal gods.
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