brahmakāyika (11052)

brahmakāyika
Entry 11052, Page 403, Col. 2

(brahmakAyika, brahmakAyika)
brahmakāyika¦ (see prec.), adj. or subst. (= Pali id., but not used in the same technical sense), usually with deva, q.v., one (usually the first) of the classes of rūpāvacara gods of the first dhyāna-bhūmi: SP 4.10; 159.10; LV 39.13 (here an individual one named Ugratejas, who is present in the Tuṣita heaven); 47.1; 150.4; 266.7; 359.16 and 360.7 (in these two Subrahma(-devaputra) is their leader); 394.3 (here Mahābrahmā is their leader); 396.15; 401.11; Mvy 2290 (here as example of the 2d sattvāvāsa, q.v.); 3085; Dharmas 128; Mv i.33.3; 40.16; 212.16; 263.21; ii.16.4; 163.15; 314.6; 348.18; 360.11; Divy 68.14; 367.11; Av i.5.2, etc.; brahmakāyikā devani- kāyā (abl.) Mv i.333.7, the divine dwelling-place of the br°.