Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.600
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.600
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Bodhisattas are sometimes born in the Ābhassara world,⁸ but they are never born in Arūpa worlds even when they have developed Arūpajhānas. Baka Brahmā was born in Ābhassara after having passed through Vehapphala and Subhakiṇṇa, and it was then that he conceived the belief that he was eternal.