Pāli Dictionary

appamāṇābha

appamāṇaprefixābhasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

cosmology

  • 無量光的；無量光天（一類天神）的稱號

  • 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

  • 無量光；一類居於第二禪天、光明無量的梵眾天神

  • 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

  • 色界第二禪天的一類天神，壽命長達四個劫。

  • 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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