VehapphalaOne of the Brahma worlds of the RÅ«paloka plane. Beings are born there as a result of developing the Fourth JhÄna (AbhS. chap. v., see. 3 d). Their life span is five hundred mahakalpas, (Ibid., sec. 6; A.ii.128, 129) and even worldlings (puthujjana) can be born there (VbhA.376). Baka Brahma was once an inhabitant of Vehapphala (J.iii.358; SA .i.162). Non-returners born there reach nibbÄna without going elsewhere (VbhA.522). Buddhaghosa explains (Ibid., 521= MA.i.29) the name thus: vipulÄ phalÄ ti = VehapphalÄ. In ages in which the world is destroyed by wind, Vehapphala forms the limit of the destruction (CypA.9). |
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Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera |
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