Pāli Dictionary

nimmānaratī

nimmānastemratisuffix

Part of speech

adjective

cosmology

  • 喜樂於自身變化所造之樂的

  • 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

  • 化樂天（六慾天中第五天），諸天以自化所需為樂

  • 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

  • 化樂天（欲界諸天之一，喜樂自己所化現之樂境）

  • 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；生產；製作

  2. ratī

    愉悅；享受；喜愛；貪著

nimmāṇaaratī
  1. nimmāṇa

    創造；生產；製作

  2. aratī

    不滿；厭惡；不樂；厭倦

Encyclopedia

Nimmānaratī
Person

  • 居於六慾天中第五天的一類天神，以能隨意變現各種形色為樂。

  • 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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