དགེ་ཆུང་། | Glossary of Terms

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

Lit. “Immeasurable Virtue.” The eighth 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 third of the four concentrations.

Eighth god realm of form, meaning “immeasurable virtue.”

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

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

Eighth god realm of form, meaning “Limitless Virtue,” it is the second of the three heavens that make up the third dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

The eighth 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 second of the three heavens that correspond to the third of the four concentrations.

The eighth heaven of the form realm.

The third level within the third concentration.

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

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

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

The eighth of the heavens of the form realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing the third meditative absorption. See also UT22084-072-007-265.