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Āpā

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出席《大会经》说法的一类天神,佛音说他们因前生修习水遍禅定而转生于此。

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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