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Definition[1]

dibba : [adj.] divine; celestial.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Dibba (adj.) [Ved. divya=P. divya in verse (q. v.), Gr. di_os (*divios), Lat. dīus (*divios)=divine. Cp. deva] of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb, magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the foll. "summa bona": cakkhu the deva -- eye, i. e. the faculty of clairvoyance, attr. in a marked degree to the Buddha & other perfect beings (see cakkhumant) D i.82, 162;ii.20 (yena sudaŋ samantā yojanaŋ passati divā c' eva rattiñ ca); iii.219; S i.196; ii.55 sq.; M ii.21; It 52; Th 2, 70; Ps i.114; ii.175; Vism 434; Sdhp 482; PvA 5 (of Moggallāna); Tikp 278; Dukp 54. sota the d. ear, matching the d. eye D i.79, 154; J v.456; also as sotadhātu A i.255; M ii.19; D iii.38, 281; Vism 430.rūpa D i.153. Āyu, vaṇṇa etc. (see dasa ṭhānāni) A i.115; iii.33; iv.242; PvA 9, 89. kāmā Sn 361; Dh 187; It 94; also as kāmaguṇā A v.273. Of food, drink, dress & other commodities: A i.182; J i.50, 202; iii.189; PvA 23, 50, 70, 76 etc. <-> Def. as devaloke sambhūta DA i.120; divibhavattā dibba KhA 227; divibhāvaŋ devattabhāva -- pariyāpanna PvA 14. -- See further e. g. S i.105; D iii.146; Sn 176, 641; Dh 236, 417; Pug 60; Vism 407 (defn), 423.
   -- osadha magical drugs Miln 283; -- kāmā (pl.) heavenly joys (see above) J i.138 (opp. mānusakā); -- cakkhuka endowed with the superhuman eye Sii.156; A i.23, 25; -- paṇṇākāra (dasavidha˚) the (tenfold) heavenly gift (viz. āyu, vaṇṇa etc.: see ṭhāna) DhA iii.292; -- bhāva divine condition or state PvA 110; -- yoga union with the gods S i.60; -- vihāra supreme condition of heart Miln 225; -- sampatti heavenly bliss J iv.3; DhA iii.292; PvA 16, 30.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]

dibba: a. 天

Source
巴漢辭典 編者:(斗六) 廖文燦
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