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deva

deva，（lit：the Radiant Ones； related to Lat．deus）：heavenly beings，deities，celestials，are beings who live in happy worlds，and who，as a rule，are invisible to the human eye．They are subject，however，just like all human and other beings，to ever-repeated rebirth，old age and death，and thus are not freed from the cycle of existence and from misery．There are many classes of heavenly beings.

I．The 6 classes of heavenly beings of the sensuous sphere （kāmāvacara or kāma-loka； s．avacara loka），are Cātumahārājika-deva，Tāvatiṃsa，Yāma，Tusita （s．Bodhisatta），Nimmāna-rati，Paranimmita-vasavatti．Cf．anussati．（6）.

II．The heavenly beings of the fine-material sphere （rūpāvacara or rūpaloka） are：

1．Brahma-pārisajja，Brahma-purohita，Mahā-brahmāno （s．brahma-kāyika-deva）．Amongst these 3 classes will be reborn those with a weak，medium or full experience of the 1st absorption （jhāna，q.v.）.

2．Parittābha，Appamānābha，Ābhassara．Here will be reborn those with experience of the 2nd absorption.

3．Paritta-subha，Appamāna-subha，Subha-kiṇṇa （or kiṇha）．Here will be reborn those with experience of the 3rd absorption.

4．Vehapphala，Asañña-satta （q.v.），Suddhāvāsa （q.v.； further s．Anāgāmi）．Amongst the first 2 classes will be reborn those with experience of the 4th absorption，but amongst the 3rd class only Anāgāmis （q.v.）.

III．The 4 grades of heavenly beings of the immaterial sphere （arūpāvacara or arūpa-loka） are：the heavenly beings of the sphere of unbounded space （ākāsānañcāyatanūpaga-devā），of unbounded consciousness （viññāṇañcāyatanūpaga-deva），of nothingness （ākiñcaññāyatanūpaga devā），of neither-perception-nor- non-perception （nevasaññā-nāsaññāyatanūpaga-devā）．Here will be reborn those with experience of the 4 immaterial spheres （arūpāyatana； s．jhāna 5-8）.

See Gods and the Universe by Francis Story （WHEEL 180/181）.

saṃyutta：[pp．of saṃyujjati] connected； combined； bound together．