梵天 fàntiān

1. fàntiān proper noun Heavenly Realm
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
2. fàntiān proper noun Brahma
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: India
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: brahma, or: brahman, Japanese: Bonten, Tibetan: tshangs pa; Indian god who appears in both Brahmanic and Buddhist texts (BCSD '梵天', p. 656; BL 'Brahmā'; FGDB '梵天'; MW 'brahma'; SH '梵天', p. 353)

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• 梵天后 Brahmā's consort
• 思益梵天问经(思益梵天問經) Viśeṣacintabrahma-paripṛcchā sūtra
• 大梵天王问佛決疑经(大梵天王問佛決疑經) sūtra on the Questions Put to the Buddha by the Mahabrahma King to Resolve Doubts
• 梵天所制(梵天所製) arranged by Brahmadeva
• 梵天界 Brahma's Realm
• 梵天请佛经(梵天請佛經) Sutra on the Brahma Invitation
• 大梵天 Mahabrahma; Mahābrahmā; Brahmā
• 思益梵天所问经(思益梵天所問經) Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā; Si Yi Fantian Suo Wen Jing ; Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā sūtra
• 诸梵天王雨众天华(諸梵天王雨眾天華) the Brahmakâyika gods scattered a rain of flowers
• 大梵天王 Mahābrahma Deva Rāja; Brahma
• 持心梵天所问经(持心梵天所問經) Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā; Chi Xin Fantian Suo Wen Jing
• 梵天火罗九曜(梵天火羅九曜) Indian Astrology of the Nine Luminous Bodies; Fantian Huoluo Jiu Yao
• 梵天王 Brahmā
• 梵天择地法(梵天擇地法) Brahma Selects a Location for a Ritual; Fantian Zhai Di Fa
• 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)
• 生梵天中 reappeared in the Brahma world
• 梵天所说书(梵天所說書) Brahmi
• 梵天择地经(梵天擇地經) Brahma Selects a Location
• 与万梵天(與萬梵天) with ten thousand gods belonging to the company of Brahma
• 胜思惟梵天所问经论(勝思惟梵天所問經論) Viśesacintabrahmaparipṛcchāśāstra; Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing Lun

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 4 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 勝思惟梵天所問經 — count: 108
• Scroll 19 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 105 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Mahākaruṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra (Dabei Jing) 大悲經 — count: 97
• Scroll 5 Scripture on the Great Dharma Torch Dhāranī (Da Fa Ju Tuoluoni Jing) 大法炬陀羅尼經 — count: 94
• Scroll 2 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 勝思惟梵天所問經 — count: 89
• Scroll 5 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 勝思惟梵天所問經 — count: 77
• Scroll 44 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 71 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Si Yi Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 思益梵天所問經 — count: 68
• Scroll 2 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Si Yi Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 思益梵天所問經 — count: 67
• Scroll 3 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 勝思惟梵天所問經 — count: 66

Collocations

• 生梵天 (生梵天) 乃得生梵天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 23
• 梵天上 (梵天上) 生梵天上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 20
• 梵天子 (梵天子) 梵志梵天子 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 19
• 梵志梵天 (梵志梵天) 梵志梵天子 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 14
• 梵天眷属 (梵天眷屬) 亦非梵天眷屬 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 8
• 梵天中 (梵天中) 生空梵天中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
• 梵天及 (梵天及) 使諸梵天及梵天眷屬但聞我聲而不見形 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 8
• 住梵天 (住梵天) 有一梵天住梵天上 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 7
• 歎梵天 (歎梵天) 稱歎梵天者 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
• 梵天尽 (梵天儘) 梵天盡 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 5