[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.c36.4166 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4166 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4166 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4166) Subhakiṇṇā, Subhakiṇhā.—A class of Brahmas who occupy the ninth Rūpa-world; a division of the Subha-devā.¹ Beings are born in that world as a result of developing the third jhāna, and their life span is sixty-four kappas.² They are filled and pervaded with happiness and are serenely blissful; they experience only sublime happiness, unlike the Ābhassarā, who exclaim in their joy.³ They agree both in body and in perceptive power.⁴ They radiate light from their bodies in a steady brightness and not in flashes.⁵ When the world is destroyed by water, the world of the Subhakiṇhas forms the limit to which the water rises.⁶ - [Previous: v2.c36.4165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4165) - [Next: v2.c36.4167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4167) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4166) · Pramāṇa