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Manopadosikā

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Also known as Manopadūsikā

四大王天中的一類天神,彼此嫉妒焚心不已,身心因此衰弱以致墮落。

A class of devas living in the Cātummahārājikā world (DA.i.114; AA.ii.544; MNid.108). They burn continually with envy one against another (Buddhaghosa relates a story illustrating this in DA.i.114) and their hearts become ill-disposed and debauched. Their bodies thus become feeble and their minds imbecile, and, as a consequence, they fall from their state (D.i.20; iii.32).

The Manopadosikā were among those present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.260). They are so called because their minds are debauched by envy (dosassa anudahanatāya) (VibhA.498).

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