Pāli Dictionary

manopadosika

Part of speech

adjective

mind

  • mentally corrupted; debauched in mind

  • DN 1

    santi, bhikkhave, manopadosikā nāma devā, te ativelaṃ aññam'aññaṃ upanijjhāyanti. te ativelaṃ aññam'aññaṃ upanijjhāyantā aññam'aññamhi cittāni padūsenti.

cosmology

  • (as noun, pl. manopadosikā) the Manopadosika devas; a class of deities in the Cātummahārājika realm who fall from their state due to mutual envy and mental corruption

  • DN 1

    santi, bhikkhave, manopadosikā nāma devā, te ativelaṃ aññam'aññaṃ upanijjhāyanti. te ativelaṃ aññam'aññaṃ upanijjhāyantā aññam'aññamhi cittāni padūsenti.

Encyclopedia

Manopadosikā
Otherapproximate

  • A class of devas of the Cātummahārājikā heaven who continually burn with mutual envy until their minds and bodies weaken and they fall from that state.

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