སྤྲིན་མེད། | Glossary of Terms

Lit. “Cloudless.” The tenth heaven of the realm of form; also the name of the gods living there. It is the lowest of the three paradises that correspond to the fourth dhyāna in the form realm.

The tenth heaven of the form realm.

The first level of the fourth concentration.

The tenth of the heavens of the form realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing the third or, according to the Mvy, fourth meditative absorption. See also UT22084-072-007-269.

One of the heavens of Buddhist cosmology, first of three levels of the fourth dhyāna realm.

The tenth heaven of the realm of form; also the name of the gods living there.

Lit. “Cloudless.” The tenth of the seventeen heavens of the form realm; also the name of the gods living there. In the form realm, which is structured according to the four concentrations and pure abodes‍‍, or Śuddhāvāsa, it is listed as the first of the three heavens that correspond to the fourth of the four concentrations.

In the Sarvāstivāda tradition, the lowest of the three paradises that correspond to the fourth dhyāna in the form realm.

Tenth god realm of form, meaning “cloudless,” it is the lowest of the three realms in the fourth dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

First of three heavens of gods on the fourth concentration level.