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Paranirmitavashavartin, ʲԾٲśپ, Paranirmitavashavarti, Paranirmitavasha-varti, ʲԾٲśī: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms ʲԾٲśپ and ʲԾٲśī can be transliterated into English as Paranirmitavasavartin or Paranirmitavashavartin or Paranirmitavasavarti or Paranirmitavashavarti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Paranirmitavashavartin in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

ʲԾٲśپ (परनिर्मितवशवर्तिन्) is part of the six groups of Gods inhabiting the 峾ٳ (the first of the three worlds), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The six classes of gods of the desire realm (峾ٳ), attached to the five desirable objects, will fall into the hells (niraya) and be subjected to all the sufferings.

The ʲԾٲśپ gods represents one of the seven destination of rebirths in 峾ٳ, according to chapter XLIX, “[...] another, when he gives, shows deepening pure morality; he loves erudition (śܳٲⲹ) and considers himself a spiritual person (sattva); but unable to undergo suffering, he seeks his satisfactions from someone else (para): he is reborn among the ʲԾٲśپ gods, ‘gods using the desirable objects ( or 峾guṇa) created by others in a sovereign manner�. This is a question of female shapes knowingly and ingeniously created by others (paranirmita); the ʲԾٲśپ gods take hold of these five objects of enjoyment (pañca峾guṇa) and use them in a sovereign manner. They are like destitute people who fight over a patrimony�.

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

ʲԾٲśپ (परनिर्मितवशवर्तिन्) refers to a group of Gods, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to the Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī: “[...] That Kāyabandhana universe was, son of good family, thriving, prosperous, safe, well-provided, filled with a great multitude of men, adorned with seven precious jewels, peaceful and delightful, pleasant to touch like a soft cloth, displayed by the lotus of gold from the Jāmbū river, decorated with all kinds of luminous jewels, patterned like a chess-board, and even like the palm of the hand. Just like the enjoyment and entertainment of the ʲԾٲśپ gods, all the people in that universe, staying in celestial palace and pavilions, enjoyed food and drink as they wished�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Paranirmitavashavartin in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ʲԾٲśپ (परनिर्मितवशवर्तिन्).�(= Pali paranimmitava-savatti-n), name of the highest class of kāmāvacara gods, see deva; lit. controlling (enjoyments) magically created by others; they rank higher than the nirmāṇarati, who create their own magical enjoyments: Lalitavistara 46.21; 51.1; 150.4; 266.7; 396.15; 401.10; Ѳ屹ٳ i.33.3; 212.15; 229.16; 240.5; 263.17; 333.6; ii.16.4; 163.12; 348.18; 360.6; iii.223.11; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 3083; ٳ󲹰ṃg 127; پ屹Բ 68.13; 367.10; Բ-śٲ첹 i.5.1; ܱṇadzٳٲūٰ 86.10; ܰ屹īū 41.2, etc.; sg., of the chief of this class (parallel with Sunirmita etc.), Lalitavistara 44.10; 59.9; 361.13 (later he is referred to as Vaśavarti-, q.v., in 362.15); he is more regularly known as Vaśavartin, also (in verses) as simply Paranirmita, q.v. The interpretation of the name is correctly given by Childers, and supported by the paraphrase paranirmitodyukta.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ʲԾٲśپ (परनिर्मितवशवर्तिन्):—[=貹-Ծٲ-ś-پ] [from para] m. ‘constantly enjoying pleasures provided by others�, Name of a class of [Buddhist literature] deities, [Lalita-vistara] (cf. [Monier-Williams� Buddhism 208]).

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