adjective (masculine)
Ābhassara (adjective/noun) [etymology uncertain; one suggested in Cpd. 138 note 4 is ā + °bha + °sar, i.e. from whose bodies are emitted rays like {92} lightning, more probably a combination of ābhā + svar (to shine, be bright), i.e. shining in splendour] — shining, brilliant, radiant, name of a class of gods in the Brahma heavens "the radiant gods", usually referred to as the representatives of supreme love (pīti and mettā); thus at D I 17; Dhp 200; It 15; Dhp-a III 258 (°loka). In another context at Vism 414 f.
shining, radiant; (plural) the name of a class of gods inhabiting one of the rūpabrahmalokas
【形】 發光的。
(adj, adj, from ābhāsati) radiant; shining; belonging to the radiant heaven; epithet of a class of devas radiant Construction: ā + √bhās > bhass + ara