84000 Glossary of Terms

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གཟུགས་ཡོད་པའི་ལྷ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གཟུགས་ཡོད་པ་ན་སྤྱོད་པའི་ལྷ།

  • གཟུགས་ཡོད་པའི་ལྷ།
  • gzugs yod pa’i lha
  • gzugs yod pa na spyod pa’i lha
  • rūpāvacaradeva
  • Term
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  • deva possessing a physical body
  • གཟུགས་ཡོད་པའི་ལྷ།
  • གཟུགས་ཡོད་པ་ན་སྤྱོད་པའི་ལྷ།
  • gzugs yod pa’i lha
  • gzugs yod pa na spyod pa’i lha
  • rūpāvacaradeva
Definition in this text:

Term for a deva belonging to the realm of form, which is the second of the three realms of existence according to Buddhist cosmology, rebirth in which is achieved through mastering meditative techniques known as the four dhyānas or meditative absorptions; this realm has seventeen subdivisions. The beings reborn here possess ethereal physical bodies and experience only three senses: sight, hearing, and touch. Attachment to material objects is in general less than in the desire realm (Skt. kāmadhātu).