ཚངས་པ་ཆེན་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

The deity who rules the Brahmā World.

The principal deity in the Brahmā paradises. Also called Brahmā.

Listed among the deities attending the Buddha’s teaching.

Divinity in the highest realm within the first concentration.

The personification of the universal force of Brahman, the deity in the form realm who was, during the Buddha’s time, considered the supreme deity and creator of the universe. In the cosmology of many universes, each with a trillion worlds, there are many such Brahmās with individual names.

The chief god in the realm of Brahmā.

A deity who rules the Brahmā realms.

Beings from the third heaven of the realm of form, meaning “great Brahmā.”

See “Brahmā.”

A god from the higher subdivision of the world of Brahmā.

A god or class of gods residing in the highest heaven, which is likewise called “Great Brahmā,” located on the first concentration level in the realm of forms.

One of the Brahmās.

Gods from the higher subdivision of the world of Brahmā.