Āpā
Other대회경 설법에 참석한 신들의 일종으로, 붓다고사에 따르면 전생에 물 카시나 명상을 닦았기 때문에 그곳에 태어났다고 한다.
A class of deities who were present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.259).
Buddhaghosa (DA.ii.689) says they were born as devas because of their having practised meditation on the water device (āpokasiṇa) in previous lives.
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