Pāli Dictionary

appamāṇābha

appamāṇaprefixābhasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

cosmology

  • d’un éclat immesurable; épithète d’une classe de dévas (monde Appamāṇābhā)

  • of immeasurable radiance; epithet of a class of devas (in the Appamāṇābhā deva-realm)

  • MN 41

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

appamāṇābhā

approximate

appamāṇastemābhāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • lumière sans mesure; une classe de dieux Brahmā à l’éclat illimité, du ciel du deuxième jhāna

  • measureless light; unlimited radiance; a class of Brahmā gods of boundless radiance in the second-jhāna heaven

  • MN 127

    idha pana, gahapati, ekacco appamāṇ'ābhā'ti pharitvā adhimuccitvā viharati. so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā appamāṇ'ābhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjati.

Encyclopedia

Appamānābhā
Otherapproximate

  • Une classe de devas du monde de la forme, nés au plan du deuxième jhāna, dont la durée de vie est de quatre cycles cosmiques

  • A class of devas in the form realm, born on the plane of the second jhāna, whose lifespan is four world-cycles.

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