atapa , once atapas , the second of the śuddhāvāsa, and (usually pl. ) the class-name of the gods who dwell there; in Pali atappa: Mvy 3103 ; Dharmas 128 ; LV 150.10 ; Mv ii.314.9 ; 319.7 ; 349.1 ; 360.22 ; Divy 68.16 ; 367.14 ; Av i.5.3 ; Mmk 19.10 ; 43.21 (text anaya); 69.6 (here sg. of an individual member of the class); atapas (s-stem, in comp. ) Gv 249.10 . Others, see s.v. deva .
atapa a. 1 Not excited, cool. 2 Unostentations. 3 Unemployed. — pAH ( pl. ) N. of a class of deities among Buddhists.