ABAsvara
ābhāsvara , m. , generally pl. (= Pali ābhassara; cf. ābhasvara ), one (usually the 3d) of the classes of rūpāvacara gods in the 2d dhyāna-bhūmi (see deva ): sing. of one of the class, LV 44.12 (see Prabhāvyūha ); Mmk 19.9 mahābrahmā °raḥ prabhāsvaraḥ śuddhābhaḥ etc. ; in Mmk 69.7 also sg. in a list of sg. deities; ābhāsvare devanikāye Divy 327.21—22 , as a place of happy rebirth, in this class of gods (or in their dwelling-place); several times in Mv this place or state of existence is mentioned as the abode of creatures in general, or of a Buddha and his disciples, in interim periods between world aeons, after destruction and before re-creation of the world, so Mv i.52.4 ābhāsvare devanikāye upapadyanti, and 6—7 °rād devanikāyato cyavitvā; similarly 63.7 ; 338.15 ff. ; pl. of the class as a whole, Mvy 3092 ; Dharmas 128 ; SP 359.1 ; 365.3 ; LV 150.7 ; 315.5 ; 359.3 ; 396.15 ; Mv ii.314.7 ; 319.4 ; 348.19 ; Divy 68.15 ; 367.12 ; Av i.5.2 , etc. ; in Mvy 2291 named as an example of creatures in the third sattvāvāsa ( q.v. ), characterized as ekatvakāyā nānātvasaṃjñinas.