Akasanancayata Nupaga Devi: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA class of devas born in the Realm of Infinite Space (akasanancayatana) (M.iii.103).
They belong to the Arupa world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas (A.i.267; AbhS., p.23).
Their mind arises and ceases moment by moment (Kvu.i.207-8).
In the description of the Arupavacarabhumi, these devas represent the lowest limit, the highest being the Nevasannanasanna. Ps.i.84.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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