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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.36

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.36

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.36)

Ākāsānañcāyatanūpagādevā.—A class of devas born in the Realm of Infinite Space (\*ākāsānañcāyatana\*¹). They belong to the Arūpa world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas.² Their mind arises and ceases moment by moment.³ In the description of the \*Arūpavacara-bhūmi\*, these devas represent the lowest limit, the highest being the Neva-saññānāsaññā.⁴

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