Pāli Dictionary

paranimmitavasavattī1

Part of speech

adjective


cosmology

  • 他化自在(他者の化作したものを支配する、欲界最高位の天神の称号)

  • 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

  • 他化自在天(欲界六天中の最高位、他者の化作したものを自在に受用する天)

  • 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

  • 欲界の最高天に住む神々の一種で、他の神々が作り出す快楽を支配することによって自らの欲望を満たすとされる。

  • 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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