དགེ་བ། | Glossary of Terms

A class of gods who inhabit the seventh heaven of the realm of form.

Lit. “Those Whose Virtue Is Circumscribed.” The seventh 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 first of the three heavens that correspond to the third of the four concentrations.

Seventh god realm of form, meaning “little virtue.”

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

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

Seventh god realm of form, meaning “Lesser Virtue,” it is the lowest of the three heavens that make up the third dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

The seventh 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 first of the three heavens that correspond to the third of the four concentrations.

The seventh heaven of the form realm.

The first level of the third concentration.

The seventh of the heavens of the form realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing the third meditative absorption. See also UT22084-072-007-263.

First of three states of the third concentration level.

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

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