कामावचर (kAmAvacara)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   कामावचर  kAmAvacara  m.
   gods or inhabitants of the worlds of desire  
   कामावचर  kAmAvacara  m.
   spheres or worlds of desire     
            

 
   कामावचर  kAmAvacara m.
   spheres or worlds of desire   
   चन्द्रलोक  candraloka m.
   worlds or spheres of the moon    
   अन्तरिक्ष  antarikSa n.
   middle of the three spheres or regions of life    

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 कामावचर m.
  pl.
  the spheres or worlds of desire (six in number,  also called देवलोक,  q.v.),  Buddh.
 

 the gods or inhabitants of the worlds of desire (1. चातुर्महाराज-कायिकास्
त्रायस्त्रिंशास्
तुषितास्
यामास्
निर्माण-रतयस्
परनिर्मितवश-वर्तिनस्),  ib.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 kāmāvacara,  m. (rarely f.,  see below
 = Pali id.
 cf. -avàcara),  dwelling in the kāma-dhātu or the realm of desire,  ep. of a group (regularly six
 ṣaṭ-kāmāvacarā devāḥ Dharmas 〔127〕
 LV 〔290.2〕) of classes of gods (for list see s.v. deva): LV 〔30.5〕
 〔59.17〕 (they are kāmadhātu-stha 〔59.11〕)
 〔83.6〕 (read °cara-deve°)
 〔99.8〕
 〔273.16〕
 〔290.2〕
 〔300.3〕
 〔302.5〕 (here a list of some of their ‘overlords’)
 〔369.12〕
 〔413.5〕
 Divy 〔140.18〕
 〔203.11〕
 〔327.29〕
 Mv 〔i.159.6〕
 〔209.6〕 = 〔ii.11.13〕
 〔i.265.18〕
 〔ii.2.8〕
 〔iii.223.8〕
 Mvy 〔6895〕
 Suv 〔10.3〕
 Mmk 〔69.8〕
 [Page177-b] Gv 〔121.22〕
 Bbh 〔295.23〕
 Karmav 〔30.13〕
 °vacarā apsaraso LV 〔353.9〕
 seemingly used in a broader sense (as also in Pali) to refer to any beings ‘subject to desires’ Mvy 〔2154〕.

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Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 kām-āvacara (IA 10),  Buddhist
 belonging to the domain
of sensual pleasure.

Burnouf

French

 कामावचर कामावचर m.
  (अव
 चर्). Au pl. les
dieux du premier ciel,  Bd.

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