Pāli Dictionary

nimmānaratī

nimmānastemratisuffix

Part of speech

adjective

cosmology

  • 自らの化作を楽しむ

  • delighting in (their own magical) creations

  • MN 31

    tusitānaṃ devānaṃ saddaṃ sutvā nimmānaratī devā saddam'anussāvesuṃ, lābhā vata bho vajjīnaṃ, suladdhalābhā vajjipajāya, yattha tathāgato viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho

  • 化楽天（六欲天の第五天）の神々。自ら化作したものを楽しむ

  • the Nimmānaratī devas, a class of gods (5th of the six sensuous heavens) who delight in creations they conjure for themselves

  • AN 10.29

    sahassaṃ cātumahārājikānaṃ sahassaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahassaṃ yāmānaṃ sahassaṃ tusitānaṃ sahassaṃ nimmānaratīnaṃ sahassaṃ paranimmitavasavattīnaṃ sahassaṃ brahmalokānaṃ.

nimmānaratino

nimmānastemratisteminosuffix

via inflected form nimmānaratī · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 化楽天（自らの化作を楽しむ神々の集団）

  • the Nimmānaratī devas, a class of gods in the sixth heaven of the sense-sphere who delight in their own creations

  • Thig 8.1

    tāvatiṃsā ca yāmā ca, tusitā c'āpi devatā, nimmānaratino devā, ye devā vasavattino, tattha cittaṃ paṇīdhehi, yattha te vusitaṃ pure.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

nimmāṇaratī
  1. nimmāṇa

    創造；生産；製作

  2. ratī

    喜び；楽しみ；愛着；好意

nimmāṇaaratī
  1. nimmāṇa

    創造；生産；製作

  2. aratī

    不満；厭悪；不喜；退屈

Encyclopedia

Nimmānaratī
Person

  • 六欲天のうち五番目に住む天神の一群で、自ら創り出したものを楽しむ。

  • A class of devas inhabiting the fifth of the six sensual heavens, who delight in creations of their own making.

DN 11DN 20SN 56.11

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