Sujā is the daughter of the asura king Vepacitti, given in marriage to Sakka after the devas defeated the asuras and seized her from their realm.
Vepacitti and Rahu are the foremost Asura kings in Buddhist cosmology — Vepacitti leads the armies against Sakka's heaven, while Rahu terrorizes the celestial bodies by swallowing the sun and moon to cause eclipses.
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