善现天 (善現天) shànxiàn tiān
shànxiàn tiān
proper noun
Sudrsa Heaven; Sudassa; Heaven of Beautiful Devas; Heaven of Skillful Manifestation
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Concept: Heaven 天
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: suḍṛśa, Pali: sudassā, Japanese: zengenten, Tibetan: gya nom snang ba; one of the five heavens in 五淨居天 Śuddhāvāsa and one of the heavens of the forth dhyana of the Eighteen Heavens of the Form Realm (BL 'Sudṛśa', pp. 864-865; Ding '善現天'; FGDB '善現天'; SH '善現天', p. 369; Mahāvyutpatti 'sudṛśāḥ'; Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 115)
Contained in
- 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)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 14 Abhidharmasaṅgītīparyāyapādaśāstra (Apidamo Ji Yi Men Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨集異門足論 — count: 14
- Scroll 126 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 5 , has parallel version
- Scroll100 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 4 , has parallel version
- Scroll 395 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 4 , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 4
- Scroll 132 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 4 , has parallel version
- Scroll 131 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 3 , has parallel version
- Scroll 130 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 3 , has parallel version
- Scroll 134 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 3 , has parallel version
- Scroll 176 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 3
Collocations
- 生善现天 (生善現天) 或生善現天 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 363 — count: 5
- 善现天中 (善現天中) 善現天中壽命四千劫 — Āyuṣparyantasūtra (Fo Shuo Jiaoliang Shouming Jing) 佛說較量壽命經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 三善现天 (三善現天) 三善現天四善見 — Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論, Scroll 21 — count: 3
- 善现天善见天 (善現天善見天) 善現天善見天 — Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論, Scroll 37 — count: 3
- 六善现天 (六善現天) 六善現天 — Abhidharmāvatāraprakaraṇā (Ru Apidamo Lun) 入阿毘達磨論, Scroll 2 — count: 3
- 善现天身 (善現天身) 善現天身雲 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 52 — count: 3
- 无热天善现天 (無熱天善現天) 無煩天無熱天善現天善見 — Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 亿善现天 (億善現天) 百億善現天 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
- 善现天八千 (善現天八千) 善現天八千大劫 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 31 — count: 2
- 热善现天 (熱善現天) 超過無煩無熱善現天眾故 — Abhidharmasaṅgītīparyāyapādaśāstra (Apidamo Ji Yi Men Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨集異門足論, Scroll 14 — count: 2