Pāli Dictionary

paranimmitavasavattī1

Part of speech

adjective


cosmology

  • der Macht über die Schöpfungen anderer hat (Beiname der höchsten Klasse der Sinnenwelt-Devas)

  • who wields power over the creations of others (epithet of the highest class of sense-sphere devas)

  • MN 31

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

  • SN 56.11

    nimmānaratīnaṃ devānaṃ saddaṃ sutvā paranimmitavasavattī devā saddam'anussāvesum

paranimmitavasavattī2

Part of speech

noun


cosmology

  • Paranimmitavasavatti, der höchste der sechs Sinnenwelt-Himmel

  • Paranimmitavasavatti, the highest of the six sense-sphere heavens, whose devas wield power over the creations of others

  • AN 10.29

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

Encyclopedia

  • Eine Klasse von Devas, die den höchsten Himmel der Sinnenwelt bewohnen und ihre Wünsche angeblich dadurch erfüllen, dass sie die von anderen Göttern geschaffenen Freuden für sich beanspruchen.

  • A class of devas inhabiting the highest heaven of the sensuous world, said to fulfil their desires by taking control of pleasures created by other gods.

DN 11DN 20SN 56.11

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