དགེ་རྒྱས། | Glossary of Terms

A class of gods who inhabit the ninth heaven of the realm of form.

Twelfth of the sixteen god realms of form that correspond to the four meditative concentrations, meaning “Most Extensive Virtue.”

Lit. “Those Whose Virtue Is Complete.” The ninth 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 third of the three heavens that correspond to the third of the four concentrations.

The highest of the three paradises that correspond to the third dhyāna in the form realm.

The highest of the three paradises that are the third dhyāna paradises in the form realm.

Ninth god realm of form, meaning “Most Extensive Virtue,” it is the highest of the three heavens that make up the third dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

“Vast Goodness.” The highest of the three paradises that correspond to the third dhyāna in the form realm.

The ninth 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 the pure realms, it is listed as the third of the three heavens that correspond to the third of the four concentrations.

The ninth heaven of the form realm.

Ninth heaven of the form realm, it is the third of the three heavens that make up the third dhyāna heaven in the form realm. 

The second level of the third concentration.

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

The ninth of the heavens of the form realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing the third meditative absorption. See also UT22084-072-007-267.

The ninth heaven of the form realm, counting from lowest to highest. Associated with the third state of meditation (dhyāna).

The ninth heaven of the form realm, it is the third of the three heavens that correspond to the third dhyāna.

A class of gods in the world of form (rūpadhātu).

The third level of the third concentration. 

The third of the three classes of gods of the form realm in the third dhyāna. The name is the same for both the location and the inhabitant deities.

Third of three heavens of gods on the third concentration level.