akaniṣṭha (11)
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(akanizWa, akanizWa)
akaniṣṭha¦ (= Pali akaniṭṭha; see also aghaniṣṭha), (1) n. of the fifth and highest class of the Śuddhāvāsakāyika gods (see deva), and (2) sg., n. of the region where they live (Bbh 61.4 yāvad akaniṣṭhād; but more normally yavad akaniṣṭhabhavanam, Divy 162.16, or the like). They dwell brahmaloke SP 359.1. Often mentioned alone as the highest of the ‘form’ (rūpāvacara) gods, as also in the lists of classes of gods: Mvy 3106; Dharmas 128; LV 47.1; 150.11; 227.2; 266.8; 342.18; Mv i.266.3, 7; ii.314.3, 9; 319.7; 349.2; iii.139.3; Divy 68.17; 367.14; Av. i.5.4; ii.105.11; RP 6.16; Mmk 19.10; 69.7; Bbh 69.19; 360.26; Sukh 64.11. Sometimes in sg. of a single member of the class, LV 44.13.
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