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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.