Pāli Dictionary

paranimmitavasavattī1

Part of speech

adjective


cosmology

  • 他化自在(支配他人所化之樂境者,欲界最高天神的稱號)

  • 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(欲界六天中最高一層,此天諸神能自在支配他者所化之樂境)

  • 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

  • 居於欲界最高天的一類天神,據說以掌控他天所化現的欲樂來滿足自身慾望。

  • 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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