Which word is this use of かめ specifying?


In Kenji Miyazawa's poem "Thief", many words are left as hiragana:

> 青じろい骸骨星座のよあけがた
>
> 凍えた泥の乱反射をわたり
>
> 店さきにひとつ置かれた
>
> 提婆のかめをぬすんだもの
>
> にはかにもその長く黒い脚をやめ
>
> 二つの耳に二つの手をあて
>
> 電線のオルゴールを聴く

What does 提婆のかめ signify? (I tried doing a few searches, but I can't tell if
this is related to a [shogi
piece](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8F%90%E5%A9%86 "shogi piece") or an
[Aryadeva figure](http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Aryadeva "Aryadeva
figure")). According to [this site](http://reservata.s123.coreserver.jp/poem-
kenzi/syura1-7.htm), it refers to Datta Daiba, but that doesn't clear up the
mystery with かめ.




I located another version of the poem as follows:

ぬすびと

青じろい骸骨星座のよあけがた

凍えた泥の乱(らん)反射をわたり

店さきにひとつ置かれた

青磁のかめをぬすんだもの

にはかにもその長く黒い脚をやめ

二つの耳に二つの手をあて

電線のオルゴールを聴く

Here 青磁のかめ = celadon pot. Thus 提婆のかめ may mean "the pot isolated like
Aryadeva."

Anyway, the poem is enigmatic with plenty of room for speculation including
this -> <http://kdiary1.fc2.com/cgi-bin/d.cgi/giton/?dt=20121006>.




I located another version of the poem as follows:

ぬすびと

青じろい骸骨星座のよあけがた

凍えた泥の乱(らん)反射をわたり

店さきにひとつ置かれた

青磁のかめをぬすんだもの

にはかにもその長く黒い脚をやめ

二つの耳に二つの手をあて

電線のオルゴールを聴く

Here 青磁のかめ = celadon pot. Thus 提婆のかめ may mean "the pot isolated like
Aryadeva."

Anyway, the poem is enigmatic with plenty of room for speculation including
this -> <http://kdiary1.fc2.com/cgi-bin/d.cgi/giton/?dt=20121006>.

