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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 214, col. 2.
    apramāṇābha Bahuvr. m. pl. (-bhāḥ) (In Buddhistic doctrine.)

    The name of a class of divinities which belong to the second

    degree of the second dhyāna or contemplation (liter. ‘of

    immeasurable splendour’). E. apramāṇa and ābhā.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 58, col. 3.
    apramāṇābha m. pl. ‘of unlimited splendour’, N. of a class of divinities, Buddh.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 35, col. 1.
    apramāṇābha apramāṇābha m. Au pl. les dieux ou saints du 11e ordre, Bd.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 318.
    apramāṇābha (von apramāṇa + ābhā) von unermesslichem Glanze, N. einer Klasse von Göttern bei den Buddh. BURN. Intr. 202. 611. LALIT. 143 (°ābhā).

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 49, col. 1.
    apramāṇābha , m. pl. (= Pali appa°), of limitless

    splendor, n. of one (usually the 2d) of the classes of rūpā-

    vacara gods in the 2d dhyāna-bhūmi (see s.v. deva):

    Mvy 3091; Dharmas 128; Mv ii.348.19; 360.18; LV 150.6;

    Av i.5.2; Divy 68.14; 138.21; 367.12; 568.27; Gv 249.14;

    Bbh 62.3.