[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) › v2.c35.654 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.654 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.654 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.654) 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 - [Previous: v2.c35.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.653) - [Next: v2.c35.655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.655) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.654](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.654) · Pramāṇa