nirmāṇarati (8421)

nirmāṇarati
Entry 8421, Page 302, Col. 2

(nirmARarati, nirmARarati)
nirmāṇarati¦ (= Pali nimmānarati), lit. enjoying magical creations (of their own), n. of a class of kāmāvacara gods, see s.v. deva (also called nirmita, q.v., chiefly in vss); commonly in lists along with other classes of gods: LV 46.21; 51.1; 150.3; 266.6; 396.15; 401.10; in Mv, even prose, n.-acc. pl. may be °ratino i.240.4 (v.l. °rati); ii.16.4; °ratī ii.348.17 (v.l. °tiś); °rati i.212.15; °ratayaḥ i.40.15; 229.15; 333.6; gen. pl. °ratīnāṃ ii.163.12, etc.; Mvy 3082; Dharmas 127; Divy 68.13; 367.10; Suv 86.10; Śikṣ 257.9; Av i.5.1, etc. Their chief is Sunirmita (once Sunirmāṇarati).