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vibhavaṁ

Vibhava

power, wealth, prosperity DN-a.i.147 ; Ja.i.56 ; Ja.v.285 ; Mhvs.26 , Mhvs.6 ; Dhp-a.i.6 ; Dhp-a.ii.9 , Dhp-a.ii.84 Dhp-a.iv.7 ; Vv-a.5 , Vv-a.302 (˚sampanna rich); Pv-a.122 , Pv-a.130 , Pv-a.176 Pv-a.196 . Great wealth is expressed by asīti-koṭi-vibhava consisting in 80 koṭis, e.g. Dhp-a.i.367 ; Dh

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Where it lives

  • Itivuttaka 2 · 1.73/10k
  • Sutta Nipata 3 · 1.49/10k
  • Digha Nikaya 14 · 0.97/10k
  • Udana 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

  1. power, wealth, prosperity DN-a.i.147; Ja.i.56; Ja.v.285; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.6; Dhp-a.i.6; Dhp-a.ii.9, Dhp-a.ii.84 Dhp-a.iv.7; Vv-a.5, Vv-a.302 (˚sampanna rich); Pv-a.122, Pv-a.130, Pv-a.176 Pv-a.196. Great wealth is expressed by asīti-koṭi-vibhava consisting in 80 koṭis, e.g. Dhp-a.i.367; Dhp-a.ii.25
    bahu˚ very rich Ja.i.145; mahā˚; id. Pv-a.97, Pv-a.107
    yathā vibhavaṃ according to one’s means or power Pv-a.54 vibhav’ ānurūpaṃ id. Vv-a.254.
  2. non-existence cessation of life, annihilation DN.i.34; Snp.514 (+ bhava), Snp.867 (id.); Mnd.274, Mnd.282; Ja.iii.402 (˚ṃ gata = vināsaṃ patta C.); Ja.v.267 (id.); Dhs-a.392; DN-a.i.120; Vb-a.505 (= bhava-vigama). See also taṇhā B 1.
  • -taṇhā “craving for life to end” (Dial. iii.208), desire for non-existence DN.iii.216, DN.iii.275; Vin.i.10; Ud.33; Iti.50; Vb-a.111.
  • -diṭṭhi the theory of non-becoming DN.iii.212; AN.i.83; Mnd.245, Mnd.274.

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