ābhāsvara (2805)

ābhāsvara
Entry 2805, Page 99, Col. 1

(ABAsvara, ABAsvara)
ābhāsvara¦, m., generally pl. (= Pali ābhassara; cf. ābhasvara), one (usually the 3d) of the classes of rūpāvacara gods in the 2d dhyāna-bhūmi (see deva): sing. of one of the class, LV 44.12 (see Prabhāvyūha); Mmk 19.9 mahā- brahmā °raḥ prabhāsvaraḥ śuddhābhaḥ etc.; in Mmk 69.7 also sg. in a list of sg. deities; ābhāsvare devanikāye Divy 327.21--22, as a place of happy rebirth, in this class of gods (or in their dwelling-place); several times in Mv this place or state of existence is mentioned as the abode of creatures in general, or of a Buddha and his disciples, in interim periods between world aeons, after destruction and before re-creation of the world, so Mv i.52.4 ābhāsvare devanikāye upapadyanti, and 6--7 °rād devanikāyato cyavitvā; similarly 63.7; 338.15 ff.; pl. of the class as a whole, Mvy 3092; Dharmas 128; SP 359.1; 365.3; LV 150.7; 315.5; 359.3; 396.15; Mv ii.314.7; 319.4; 348.19; Divy 68.15; 367.12; Av i.5.2, etc.; in Mvy 2291 named as an example of creatures in the third sattvāvāsa (q.v.), characterized as ekatvakāyā nānātvasaṃjñinas.

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