四天 sìtiān
sìtiān
phrase
four kinds of heaven
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: See 四種天 (FGDB '四種天')
Contained in
- 佛说四天王经(佛說四天王經) Mañjuśrīvikurvāṇa parivarta; Fo Shuo Si Tianwang Jing
- 四天王天 Caturmaharajika Heaven; Heaven of the Four Kings
- 护世四天王(護世四天王) Four Deva Kings; Four Heavenly Kings
- 四天下 the four continents
- 三界二十八天; a. 欲界六天 1. 四天王天 2. 忉利天 3. 夜摩天 4. 兜率天 5. 化乐天 6. 他化自在天 b. 色界十八天 1. 梵众天 2. 梵辅天 3. 大梵天 4.少光天 5. 无量光天 6. 光音天 7. 少净天 8. 无量净天 9. 遍净天 10. 福生天 11. 福爱天 12. 广果天 13. 无想天 14. 无烦天 15. 无热天 16. 善见天 17. 善现天 18. 色究竟天 c.无色界四天 1. 空无边处天 2. 识无边处天 3. 无所有处天 4. 非想非非想处天(三界二十八天; a. 欲界六天 1. 四天王天 2. 忉利天 3. 夜摩天 4. 兜率天 5. 化樂天 6. 他化自在天 b. 色界十八天 1. 梵眾天 2. 梵輔天 3. 大梵天 4.少光天 5. 無量光天 6. 光音天 7. 少淨天 8. 無量淨天 9. 遍淨天 10. 福生天 11. 福愛天 12. 廣果天 13. 無想天 14. 無煩天 15. 無熱天 16. 善見天 17. 善現天 18. 色究竟天 c.無色界四天 1. 空無邊處天 2. 識無邊處天 3. 無所有處天 4. 非想非非想處天) Heaven: a. Six Heavens of the Desire Realm: 1. Caturmaharajika Heaven (the heaven of the four kings); 2. Trayastrimsa Heaven (the heaven of the thirty-three gods); 3. Yama Heaven (the heaven of timely restraint); 4. Tusita Heaven (the heaven of contentedness); 5. Nirmanarati Heaven (the heaven of joyful creation; 6. Paranirmita-vasavartin Heaven (the heaven of robbing others' pleasure); b. Eighteen Heavens of the Form Realm: 1. Brahma-parisadya Heaven (the heaven of the followers of Brahma); 2. Brahma-purohita Heaven (the heaven of the ministers of Brahma); 3. Mahabrahma Heaven (the heaven of the great Brahma); 4. Parittabha Heaven (the heaven of limited radiance); 5. Apramanabha Heaven (the heaven of infinite radiance); 6. Abhasvara Heaven (the heaven of radiant sound); 7. Parittasubha Heaven (the heaven of limited purity); 8. Apramanasubha Heaven (the heaven of infinite purity); 9. Subhakrtsna Heaven (the heaven of pervasive purity); 10. Punyaprasava Heaven (the heaven produced by virtue); 11. Anabhraka Heaven (the heaven of lovers of virtue); 12. Brhatphala Heaven (the heaven of bountiful fruits); 13. Asamjnisattvah Heaven (the heaven without thought); 14. Avrha Heaven (the heaven without affliction); 15. Atapa Heaven (the heaven without heat); 16. Sudarsana Heaven (the heaven of skillful vision); 17. Sudrsa Heaven (the heaven of skillful manifestation); 18. Akanistha Heaven (the supreme heaven of the form realm); c. Four Heavens of the Formless Realm: 1. Akasanantyayatana Heaven (the heaven of limitless space); 2. Vijnananantyayatana Heaven (the heaven of limitless consciousness); 3. Akiṃcanyaayatana Heaven (the heaven of nothingness); 4. Naiva-samjnanasamjnayatana Heaven (the heaven of neither thought nor non-thought)
- 四天王 Four Deva Kings; Four Heavenly Kings
- 四天王合行 the practices of the four heavenly kings
- 四天王经(四天王經) Mañjuśrīvikurvāṇa parivarta; Si Tianwang Jing
- 四天王宫(四天王宮) abodes of the four guardians
- 无色界四天(無色界四天) The Four Heavens of the Formless Realm
- 四天王寺 Shitennō-ji
- 四天王法 the teaching of the four heavenly kings
- 四天法 the teaching of the four heavenly kings
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 3 Abhiseka Sutra (Fo Shuo Guan Ding Jing) 佛說灌頂經 — count: 36
- Scroll 87 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 36
- Scroll 173 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 14
- Scroll 4 Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Po Seng Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶破僧事 — count: 8
- Scroll 5 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 7
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 6
- Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 6
- Scroll 1 Dou Bu Tuoluoni Mu (List of Dharanis) 都部陀羅尼目 — count: 6
- Scroll 31 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 5 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 5
Collocations
- 四天大王 (四天大王) 四天大王所居宮殿 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 59
- 四天子 (四天子) 有四天子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 19
- 释梵四天 (釋梵四天) 釋梵四天 — Xiuxing Ben Qi Jing 修行本起經, Scroll 2 — count: 13
- 四天处 (四天處) 得一切法不動三昧能斷四天處有 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 14 — count: 12
- 护世四天 (護世四天) 護世四天大王等 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 51 — count: 9
- 生四天 (生四天) 命終生四天 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
- 四天上 (四天上) 第一四天上壽五百歲 — Zhai Jing 齋經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 第一四天 (第一四天) 第一四天上壽五百歲 — Zhai Jing 齋經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 告四天 (告四天) 爾時佛告四天大王 — Lianhua Mian Jing 蓮華面經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 及四天 (及四天) 及四天大王 — Sutra on the Names of a Hundred Buddhas (Fo Shuo Bai Fo Ming Jing) 佛說百佛名經, Scroll 1 — count: 4