tshangs pa’i ’jig rten

84000 Standard Definition

A collective name for the first three heavens of the form realm, which correspond to the first concentration (dhyāna): Brahmakāyika, Brahmapurohita, and Mahābrahmā (also called Brahmapārṣadya). These are ruled over by the god Brahmā. According to some sources, it can also be a general reference to all the heavens in the form realm and formless realm. (Provisional 84000 definition. New definition forthcoming.)

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Name Variants
24 names
Tibetan
ཚངས་བཅས་འཇིག་རྟེན,ཚངས་པའི་འཇིག་རྟེན,ཚངས་པ
tshangs bcas ’jig rten,tshangs pa’i ’jig rten,tshangs pa
Sanskrit
brahmaloka,brahmāloka
English
Brahmaloka,world of Brahmā,world of the brahmā gods,realm of the brahmā gods,Realm of Brahmā,Brahmāloka,Brahmā Heavens,Brahmā World,Brahmā realm,brahmā world,abode of Brahmā,heavens of Brahmā,Brahmā world,Brahmā’s world,Brahmā,Brahmā realms,realm of Brahmā,Brahma realm,brahmā realms