八天 bātiān
bātiān
phrase
eight heavens
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: The four heavens of form and the four formless heavens (CFGDB '八天'; SH '八天', p. 35)
Contained in
- 二十八天 twenty-eight heavens
- 色界十八天 Eighteen Heavens of the Form Realm
- 供养护世八天法(供養護世八天法) Offerings to the Eight Heavens Ritual; Gongyang Hu Shi Ba Tian 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)
- 三界二十八天 the three realms and the twenty eight heavens
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 34 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 7
- Scroll 1 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 6
- Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Ma Yi Jing 佛說罵意經 — count: 4
- Scroll 3 Za Baozang Jing 雜寶藏經 — count: 3
- Scroll 10 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 3
- Scroll 2 Śrīsarvabhūtaḍāmaratantrasūtra (Fo Shuo Jingang Shou Pusa Xiangfu Yiqie Bu Duo Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說金剛手菩薩降伏一切部多大教王經 — count: 3
- Scroll 14 An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經 — count: 3 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Famen Mingyi Ji 法門名義集 — count: 2
- Scroll 1 Defining the Image - Measurements in Image-Making (Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie) 佛說造像量度經解 — count: 2 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 2
Collocations
- 八天子 (八天子) 有八天子顏容端正 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 14
- 八天女 (八天女) 如是金剛手菩薩說八天女成就之法 — Śrīsarvabhūtaḍāmaratantrasūtra (Fo Shuo Jingang Shou Pusa Xiangfu Yiqie Bu Duo Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說金剛手菩薩降伏一切部多大教王經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
- 四禅八天 (四禪八天) 四禪八天者 — Zhang Suo Zhi Lun 彰所知論, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 八天王 (八天王) 八天王獲益 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏, Scroll 25 — count: 3
- 八天人 (八天人) 八天人 — Jingang Jing Zuan Yao Kan Ding Ji 金剛經纂要刊定記, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 合十八天 (合十八天) 合十八天 — Famen Mingyi Ji 法門名義集, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 八天真言 (八天真言) 其八天真言及火天真言 — Fire Hūṃ Ritual (Huo He Niu Gongyang Yi Gui) 火合牛供養儀軌, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 八天人师 (八天人師) 八天人師 — Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Zan 妙法蓮華經玄贊, Scroll 2 — count: 2
- 八天隐 (八天隱) 老君以八天隱文授昭王王 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 22 — count: 2
- 后八天 (後八天) 後八天女 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏, Scroll 41 — count: 2