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akaniṣṭha (= Pali akaniṭṭha; see also aghaniṣṭha ), ( 1 ) n. of the fifth and highest class of the Śuddhāvāsakāyika gods (see deva ), and ( 2 ) sg. , n. of the region where they live ( Bbh 61.4 yāvad akaniṣṭhād; but more normally yavad akaniṣṭhabhavanam, Divy 162.16 , or the like). They dwell brahmaloke SP 359.1 . Often mentioned alone as the highest of the ‘form’ ( rūpāvacara ) gods, as also in the lists of classes of gods: Mvy 3106 ; Dharmas 128 ; LV 47.1 ; 150.11 ; 227.2 ; 266.8 ; 342.18 ; Mv i.266.3, 7 ; ii.314.3, 9 ; 319.7 ; 349.2 ; iii.139.3 ; Divy 68.17 ; 367.14 ; Av. i.5.4 ; ii.105.11 ; RP 6.16 ; Mmk 19.10 ; 69.7 ; Bbh 69.19 ; 360.26 ; Sukh 64.11 . Sometimes in sg. of a single member of the class, LV 44.13 .