Āpā
Other『大会経』の説法の場に居合わせた神々の一群で、過去世に水遍禅を修していたためにそこに転生したとブッダゴーサは述べている。
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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