Pāli Dictionary

brahmaloka

brahmastemlokastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • the Brahma-world; the realm of the Brahmas; the highest celestial worlds comprising the fine-material and immaterial realms

  • Snp 5.16

    ayaṃ loko paro loko, brahmaloko sadevako, diṭṭhiṃ te n'ābhijānāti, gotamassa yasassino.

  • Snp 3.5

    ko sujjhati muccati bajjhatī ca, ken'attanā gacchati brahmalokaṃ, ajānato me muni brūhi puṭṭho, bhagavā hi me sakkhi brahmajjadiṭṭho, tuvañ'hi no brahmasamo'si saccaṃ, kathaṃ upapajjati brahmalokaṃ jutima.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

brahmālokā
  1. brahmābrahma

    Brahma; the creator god; a brahma god (inhabitant of the higher heavens)

  2. lokāloka

    world; universe; cosmos; plane of existence

brahmaālokā
  1. brahma

    Brahma; the creator god; a brahma god (inhabitant of the higher heavens)

  2. ālokāāloka

    light; brightness; daylight; sight, vision

Encyclopedia

Brahmaloka
Other

  • The highest tier of celestial worlds in Buddhist cosmology, comprising twenty heavens inhabited by the Brahmas, rebirth into which results from great virtue combined with meditative attainment.

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