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