Āpā
Otherमहासमय सुत्त के उपदेश में उपस्थित देवताओं का एक वर्ग, जिनके बारे में बुद्धघोष कहते हैं कि पूर्वजन्मों में जल कसिण ध्यान अभ्यास करने के कारण वे वहां पुनर्जन्मे।
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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