Pāli Dictionary

subhakiṇha1

approximate

subhastemkiṇhastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 遍浄天（色界の天の一つ）

  • Subhakiṇha, name of a heavenly realm and its class of devas (in the fine-material/Brahmā world)

  • MN 49

    atthi kho, brahme, subhakiṇho nāma kāyo, vehapphalo nāma kāyo, abhibhū nāma kāyo, taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tam'ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi.

  • MN 1

    subhakiṇhe subhakiṇhato sañjānāti, subhakiṇhe subhakiṇhato saññatvā subhakiṇhe maññati, subhakiṇhesu maññati, subhakiṇhato maññati, subhakiṇhe me'ti maññati, subhakiṇhe abhinandati. taṃ kissa hetu? apariññātaṃ tassā'ti vadāmi.

subhakiṇha2

approximate

subhastemkiṇhastem

Part of speech

adjective

cosmology

  • 遍く清浄な光を放つ、全身が美しい（遍浄天神を形容）

  • totally beautiful; of complete/pure lustre (epithet of the Subhakiṇha devas)

  • MN 41

    ākaṅkheyya ce, gahapatayo, dhammacārī samacārī, aho vat'āhaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā subhakiṇhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan'ti, ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ vijjati, yaṃ so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā subhakiṇhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyya.

  • MN 57

    so abyābajjhehi phassehi phuṭṭho samāno abyābajjhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti ek'antasukhaṃ, seyyathā'pi devā subhakiṇhā.

Encyclopedia

Subhakiṇhā
Person

  • 第三禅の習熟によってそこに生まれ、安定して揺るぎない光輝と静穏で崇高な幸福とを特徴とする、色界第九天を占めるブラフマー神の一群。

  • A class of Brahmā gods occupying the ninth realm of form, born there through mastery of the third jhāna and marked by steady, unwavering radiance and serene, sublime happiness.

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