Pāli Dictionary

appamāṇābha

appamāṇaprefixābhasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

cosmology

  • 無量の光を持つ；無量光天という神々の名

  • 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

  • 無量の光；第二禅天に住む、限りない光を持つ梵天の一類

  • 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

  • 色界に属する天神の一種で、第二禅の階層に生まれ、寿命は四劫に及ぶ

  • 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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