བསོད་ནམས་སྐྱེས། | Glossary of Terms

One of the levels in the highest heaven of the realm of form; also the name of the gods living there.

Lit. “Merit Born.” The eleventh 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 fourth of the four concentrations.

In the Sarvāstivada tradition, the second highest of the three paradises that correspond to the fourth dhyāna in the form realm.

Eleventh god realm of the form realm, meaning “Increasing Merit,” it is the second of the three heavens that make up the fourth dhyāna heaven in the form realm.

One of the gods’ realms; also the name of the gods living there.

The eleventh 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 fourth of the four concentrations.

The eleventh heaven of the form realm.

The second level of the fourth concentration.

A class of devas belonging to the Pure Abodes (Śuddhāvāsa) in the world of form (rūpadhātu).

Third of three heavens of gods on the fourth concentration level.

The eleventh of the heavens of the form realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing the third or, according to the Mvy, fourth meditative absorption. See also UT22084-072-007-271.

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

One of the gods’ realms; also used as the name of the gods living there.