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					Visuddhi,(f.) [vi+suddhi] brightness,splendour,excellency; (ethically) purity,holiness,sanctification; virtue,rectitude Vin.I,105 (visuddho paramāya visuddhiyā); D.I,53; III,214 (diṭṭhi°,sīla°),288; M.I,147; S.III,69; A.I,95 (sīla° & diṭṭhi°); II,80 (catasso dakkhiṇā°),195; III,315; V,64 (paramattha°); Sn.813,824,840,892; Dh.16 (kamma°); Ps.I,21 (sīla°,citta°,diṭṭhi°); II,85 (id.); Nd1 138,162; Vism.2; SnA 188 (°divasa),PvA.13 (°cittatā); Sdhp.447.A class of divine beings (dogmatically the highest in the stages of development,viz.gods by sanctification) is called visuddhi-devā Nd2 307; J.I,139; VvA.18.See under deva.(Page 640)