Anuttara Deva

Published: 01.07.2016

Gods of the highest heaven - A kind of Vaimā- nika Devas (Empyrean gods);

the Empyrean (Vaimānika) gods living in the Anuttara Vimāna (the highest heaven of the Empyrean gods); they are Kalpātīta Deva (Empyrean gods free from hierarchy);

the Devas who are superior to others in respect of life-span, influence, effulgence etc... They are of five types.

Vijaya, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, Aparājita and Sarvārthasiddha.

...vijayā vejayaṃtā ya jayaṃtā aparājiyā...

savvaṭṭhasiddhagā ceva paṃcahāṇuttarā surā. ii vemāṇiyā devā...

na vidyante uttarā - pradhānā sthitiprabhāvasukhadyutileśyādibhirebhyo'nye devā ityanuttarāḥ.

(U 36.215,216 ŚāVṛ Pa 702)

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Jaina Pāribhāṣika Śabdakośa
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