A class of devas living in the Cātummahārājika world (DA.i.114; AA.ii.544; MNid.108). They burn continually mit envy one against another (Buddhaghosa relates a story illustrating this in DA.i.114) und their hearts become ill disposed und debauched. Their bodies thus become feeble und their minds imbecile, und, as a consequence, they fall from their state (D.i.20; iii.32).
The Manopadosikā were among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.260). They are so called because their minds are debauched by envy (dosassa anudahanatāya) (VibhA.498).