Mahābrahma(n) (11781)

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Mahābrahma(n)
Entry 11781, Page 424, Col. 1
(mahAbrahma, mahAbrahma(n)
Mahābrahma(n)¦, (= Pali id., in both senses, see Childers) (1) m. sg., great Brahmā (the god), guards the Bodhisattva upon his conception and praises him: Mv i.208.14 = ii.11.2; i.209.11 = ii.13.4; (2) m. pl., one (usually the 4th) of the classes of rūpāvacara gods of the first dhyānabhūmi, usually with deva, q.v.: LV 150.5 (a-stem); Mv ii.360.14 (id.); Divy 367.11 (id.); the rest n-stem forms, Mvy 3088; Divy 68.14; 568.26; Dharmas 128; Av i.5.2 (text °maṇaḥ, acc. pl.; ms. °māṇaḥ; prose), etc.

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