Pāli Dictionary

ābhassara

āprefixbhāsrootarasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhās1說

Synonyms

ābha, pabhassara, pabha, sobhī, sobhana, bhassara, sobha, candaka

cosmology

  • 光耀的；發光的；屬光音天（第二禪天）諸天之稱

  • radiant, shining; of or belonging to the Ābhassara (‘Radiant’) Brahma-world, an epithet of that class of devas

  • Dhp 200

    susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, yesaṃ no n'atthi kiñcanaṃ, pītibhakkhā bhavissāma, devā ābhassarā yathā.

  • MN 41

    ākaṅkheyya ce, gahapatayo, dhammacārī samacārī, aho vat'āhaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā ābhassarānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan'ti, ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ vijjati, yaṃ so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā ābhassarānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyya.

ābhassarā

approximate

āprefixbhāsrootarasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

bhās1說

cosmology

  • 光音天（諸光音天神）

  • the Radiant Gods (Ābhassarā devas); a class of luminous brahma deities of the second jhāna plane

  • MN 1

    ābhassare ābhassarato sañjānāti, ābhassare ābhassarato saññatvā ābhassare maññati, ābhassaresu maññati, ābhassarato maññati, ābhassare me'ti maññati, ābhassare abhinandati. taṃ kissa hetu? apariññātaṃ tassā'ti vadāmi.

  • MN 49

    atthi kho, brahme, añño kāyo, taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tam'ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi. atthi kho, brahme, ābhassarā nāma kāyo yato tvaṃ cuto idh'ūpapanno.

Encyclopedia

Ābhassara
Other

  • 光音天，一處梵天世界，此界諸天身放光明如閃電，對應第二禪天，以喜悅為食而不需飲食。

  • A Brahma realm of radiant devas whose bodies emit light like lightning, corresponding to the second jhāna and sustained by joy rather than food.

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