avṛha

on Mvy mi che ba not great, abṛhat noted only Gv 249.10

abṛhac [chuddhāvāsa-]; this interpretation could be due

to popular etymology; however, no other etym. is known

for the Pali, and as the lowest of the five Śu. classes these

gods may have been called [relatively] not great; cf. s.v.

bṛhatphala, which gives some confirmation of the ety-

mology), n. of a heavenly world, the first of the five śud-

dhāvāsa, and of a class of gods who inhabit it, see s.v.

deva: usually spelled avṛha, Mvy 3102; Dharmas 128;

Mv ii.314.8; 349.1; 360.22; LV 150.10; Divy 568.28; Mmk

43.21 (in 19.10 corruptly aṭṭaha); abṛha Divy 68.16;

138.23; 367.14; Av i.5.3; Bbh 62.5; abṛhat, see above.