Pāli Dictionary

manāpakāyika

manāpaprefixkāyikasuffix

Part of speech

adjective


cosmology

  • 「マナーパカーイカ」(悦意天)と呼ばれる神々の群れに属する

  • belonging to the class of gods called ‘Manāpakāyika’ (the pleasing/delightful ones)

Encyclopedia

Manāpakāyikā
Otherapproximate
  • グォーシタラーマでアヌルッダを訪れ、自在に色と音を変える能力を披露した美しい姿の神々の一群で、この機会に仏陀はアヌルッダに、女性がその仲間として生まれ変わるための八つの資質を教えた。

  • A class of devas of lovely form who visited Anuruddha at the Ghositārāma to demonstrate their ability to change colour and sound at will, an occasion that led the Buddha to teach Anuruddha the eight qualities by which women may be reborn among them.

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