84000 Glossary of Terms

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འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་བར། | Glossary of Terms

  • འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་བར།

  • ’jig rten gyi bar
  • lokāntarikā
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • spaces between worlds
  • འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་བར།
  • ’jig rten gyi bar
  • lokāntarikā
Definition in this text:

Places that are said to be miserable, dark, and gloomy.

  • Spaces between worlds
  • འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་བར།
  • ’jig rten gyi bar
  • lokāntarikā
Definition in this text:

The places between adjacent world systems, outside their defining ring of mountains, that are said to be miserable and in utter darkness as the suns and moons of the world systems can shed no light there. They are nevertheless said to be inhabited by numerous beings and are sometimes counted among the hell realms.