Pāli Dictionary

tāvatiṃsa

tāvastemtiṃsastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun

cosmology

  • 三十三的；屬於三十三天（神）的

  • numbering thirty-three; belonging to the group of the Thirty-Three (gods) or their heaven

  • 三十三天（欲界六天之第二天，位於須彌山頂，由帝釋天統領）；三十三天眾（天神）

  • the Heaven of the Thirty-Three (the second deva world of the sensual sphere, located on the peak of Mount Sineru, ruled by Sakka); the Thirty-Three gods

Encyclopedia

Tāvatiṃsa
Person

  • 六慾天中的第二層，位於須彌山頂，由帝釋天統領；此界原為阿修羅所居，後被帝釋天逐至須彌山腳。

  • The second of the six deva-worlds, situated atop Mount Sineru and ruled by Sakka, originally home to the Asurā before he expelled them to its foot.

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