Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.654
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.654
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3. Vasavattī.—A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmitavasavattī-world.¹ Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he surpasses the devas of his world in ten things: divine life, beauty, happiness, pomp and power, divine shapes, sounds, perfumes, tastes and touch.² Māra also rules over a part of this world, but more as a recalcitrant vassal.³