སྲིད་པ་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms

Usually synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness. Sometimes it means the realm of devas above, humans on the ground, and nāgas below ground.

Usually synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness. Sometimes it means the realm of gods above, humans on the ground, and nāgas below the ground.

Usually synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness. Sometimes it means the realm of devas above, humans on the ground, and nāgas below ground.

The worlds below the ground, on the ground, and above the ground. This may also refer to the desire, form, and formless realms.

The formless realm, the form realm, and the desire realm comprise the thirty-one planes of existence in Buddhist cosmology.

This alternatively refers to the underworlds, earth, and heavens, or can be synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness (see three realms).

The formless world, the form world, and the desire world comprise the thirty-one planes of existence in Buddhist cosmology. Synonymous with three realms (trailoka).

This can refer to the underworlds, the earth, and the heavens, or it can be synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness.

Existence in any of the three realms.

The three realms (desire realm, form realm, and formless realm), or the three levels of existence (subterranean [nāgas], surface [humans], and heavenly [gods]).

The abodes of beings living below, above, and upon the surface of the earth.