Pāli Dictionary

appamāṇābha

approximate

appamāṇaprefixābhasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

cosmology

  • 无量光的；无量光天（一类天神）的称号

  • 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

  • 无量光；一类居于第二禅天、光明无量的梵众天神

  • 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
Other

  • 色界第二禅天的一类天神，寿命长达四个劫。

  • 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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