[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c7.605 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.605 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.605 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.605) When inhabitants of the Ābhassara-world are reborn as humans, their existence continues to be like that which they had in the brahma-world itself. As time goes on, however, they lose their qualities and develop the characteristics, both physical and mental, of human beings.¹¹ Buddhaghosa¹² says that their birth on earth is opapātika (by spontaneous regeneration) and they are mind-born (manomaya). - [Previous: v1.c7.604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.604) - [Next: v1.c7.606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.606) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.605) · Pramāṇa