འཚད་མེད་འོད། | Glossary of Terms

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

Seventh of the sixteen god realms of form that correspond to the four meditative concentrations, meaning “Immeasurable Radiance.”

Lit. “Immeasurable Light.” The fifth 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 second of the three heavens that correspond to the second of the four concentrations.

Fifth god realm of form, meaning “immeasurable radiance.”

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

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

Fifth god realm of form, meaning “Immeasurable Light,” it is the second of the three heavens that make up the second dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

“Immeasurable Light.” The second highest of the three paradises that correspond to the second dhyāna in the form realm. Translated in other texts as tshad med snang ba.

The fifth god realm of form, this is the second of the three heavens that make up the second dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

The fifth heaven of the form realm.

The second level within the form realm’s second concentration.

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

The fifth of the heavens of the form realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing the second meditative absorption.

Second of three heavens of gods on the second concentration level.

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

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