Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2216
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.2216
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Vehapphala.—One of the Brahma-worlds of the Rūpaloka plane. Beings are born there as a result of developing the Fourth Jhāna.¹ Their life-span is five hundred *mahākalpas*,² and even *puthujjanas* can be born there.³ Baka-Brahma was once an inhabitant of Vehapphala.⁴ Anāgāmins born there reach Nibbāna without going elsewhere.⁵ Buddhaghosa⁶ explains the name thus: *vipulā phalā ti* = Vehapphalā. In ages in which the world is destroyed by wind, Vehapphala forms the limit of the destruction.⁷