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परनिर्मितवशवर्तिन् (paranirmitavazavartin)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पर—निर्मित-वश-वर्तिन्
m.
‘constantly enjoying pleasures provided by others’,
N.
of a class of
Buddh.
deities,
Lalit.
(cf.
MWB.
208).
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
paranirmitavaśavartin (= Pali paranimmitavasavatti-n), n. 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: LV 〔46.21〕
〔51.1〕
〔150.4〕
〔266.7〕
〔396.15〕
〔401.10〕
Mv 〔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〕
Mvy 〔3083〕
Dharmas 〔127〕
Divy 〔68.13〕
〔367.10〕
Av 〔i.5.1〕
Suv 〔86.10〕
Sukh 〔41.2〕, etc.
sg., of the chief of this class (parallel with Sunirmita etc.), LV 〔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 vss) as simply Paranirmita, q.v. The interpretation of the name is correctly given by Childers, and supported by the paraphrase paranirmitodyukta.