Vehapphala
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Vehapphala; One of the Brahma worlds of the Rupaloka plane. Beings are born there as a result of developing the Fourth Jhana (AbhS. chap. v., see. 3 d).
Their life span is five hundred mahakalpas, (Ibid., sec. 6; A.ii.128, 129) and even puthujjanas can be born there (VbhA.376).
Baka Brahma was once an inhabitant of Vehapphala (J.iii.358; SA .i.162).
Anagamis born there reach Nibbana without going elsewhere (VbhA.522).
Buddhaghosa explains (Ibid., 521= MA.i.29) the name thus: vipula phala ti = Vehapphala. In ages in which the world is destroyed by wind, Vehapphala forms the limit of the destruction (CypA.9)
Vehapphala; is the name of a class of heavenly beings in the fine-material world; s. deva
