SudDAvAsa
śuddhāvāsa , m. (= Pali su°; see also śuddhādhivāsa and āvāsaśuddha ), ( 1 ) pure abode , said of a heaven, or five heavens, in which dwell the gods so-called: sā ( sc. raśmiḥ) sarvā (!) śuddhāvāsān devabhavanāny (apposition) avabhāsya LV 3.14 (prose); °vāso devanikāyo Mv i.35.1 ; ( 2 ) much oftener, having a pure abode , the class, or rather five classes, of gods who dwell in (1); they constitute the highest of the rūpāvacara gods in the 4th (and [Page531-a] highest) dhyānabhūmi; usually with (sometimes sc. ) deva , q.v. , or devaputra; oftener called śuddhāvāsa-kāyika Mv i.33.4 ; 150.10 ; 197.1 ; 264.1 ; 357.3 (they announce the approaching birth of the Bodhisattva); 366.9 ; ii.150.17 ; 152.11 ; 163.16, 17, 19 ; 195.4 ; 259.10 ; 361.1 ; in Mv i.208.14 sg. , as if n. of their chief, °vāso 'pi devaputro, but note in repetition of the same passage ii.11.2 pl. °vāsā pi devā; °sā ( sc. devāḥ) Mmk 19.12 ; -sa-deva- Gv 331.15 .