not wished for; unpleasant; undesirable

A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …

An example of a low family name. Vin.iv.6 Vin.iv.13

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

A disciple of the Buddha at Ñātikā. He was born after death in Akanitthābhavana, there to pass entirely away. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā. The inhabitants of this world are friendly with those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237 MN.iii.103

The “Pure Abodes”; a name given to a group of Brahma-worlds—the five highest Rūpa worlds—consisting of Avihā, Atappā, Sudassā, Sudassī and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there th …

of absolute, constant perfection or firmness

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

going to the akaniṭṭha world.

going to the akaniṭṭha world.

(~ā & ~ī)n. m., & kaniṭṭhā, feminine (mfn.) younger, youngest; esp. (m.) younger or youngest brother; (f.) younger or youngest sister.

(~ā & kaniṭṭhikā)n. & m. f. younger, youngest; esp. (m.) a younger brother; (f.) a younger sister.

whose stream flows upwards (to the Akaniṭṭha heaven)

Akanittha: the ‘Great or Non-junior Ones’, i.e. ‘Highest Gods’, are the inhabitants of the 5th and highest heaven of the Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, cf. avacara deva II Anāgāmī

Anāgāmī: T he Non-Returner is a Noble Disciple Ariya-puggala on the 3rd stage of Nobility. There are 5 classes of Non-Returners, as it is said e.g. Pug. 42-46:

A being, through the disappea …

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

see niṭṭhā².

…Ja.vi.152; Vv.32#6 (sa˚), popularly explained at Vv-a.135 as “dutiyo varo ti vā devaro, bhattu kaniṭṭha bhātā.”

Sk. devṛ & devara…

…a bad odour“ Pv.i.6#1 (= aniṭṭha˚). -sugandha an agreeable smell Dhs.625; as adj. of pleasant smell Ja.iii.277;…

…bhadraṃ), Pv-a.140. -aniṭṭha unpleasant disagreeable Pv-a.32, Pv-a.52, Pv-a.60, Pv-a.116
■ See also…

…is a grammarian’s construction see remarks on kaniṭṭha

…Pv.iv.1#88
■ akaniṭṭha “not the smaller” i.e. the greatest, highest; in akaniṭṭhagāmin going to the highest gods (cp….

adjective younger (opp. jeṭṭha) AN.iv.93 = Ja.ii.348; Dhp-a.i.152; the younger brother Mhvs.5, Mhvs.33, Mhvs.8, Mhvs.10 Mhvs.35, Mhvs.49; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.116; -ikā and -akā a younger sister, Mhvs …

the more recent and therefore lower, less developed state (of sanctification) Dhp-a.i.152.

…Ags. hindema “novissimus.” See also kaniṭṭha

…Lat. caro “cutlet.”-k. is almost exclusively poetical; usually explained in prose by aniṭṭha tikhiṇa, ghora (of niraya); often combined…

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

…uddhaṃsota, akaniṭṭhagāmin. Thus at DN.iii.237; SN.v.201, SN.v.237; AN.i.233; AN.iv.14, AN.iv.71 sq., AN.iv.146, AN.iv.380,…

…K pitucūḷaka, BB cūḷakaniṭṭha); Sdhp.164, Sdhp.165
■ As pillika at Ja.i.487 (godha˚, variant reading BB godha-kippillika).

cp….

…Pv.i.2#1 Pv.ii.9#11; -kaniṭṭha the very youngest Pv-a iii; -atthaka in every way useful; -saṅgāhika thoroughly comprehensive…

1. clean, pure, Vin.i.16; Vin.ii.152; DN.i.110; Snp.476.
2. purified, pure of heart MN.i.39; Dhp.125, Dhp.412; Snp.90
3. simple, mere, unmixed, nothing but SN.i.135; Dhs-a.72; Ja.ii.252 (˚daṇḍaka jus …

…Kp-a.166 (Yāmato yāva Akaniṭṭhaṃ from the Underworld to the Highest Heaven); Vism.225 (Yāmā); Vb-a.519 (Yāmā); Vv-a.246 (id.);…

…yāva Avīci upari yāva Akaniṭṭha-bhavanaṃ, tāva addasa Vism.392; yāva naṃ ānemi tāva idh’ eva tiṭṭha Dhp-a.iii.194.

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