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'''Heaven of the Thirty-Three''' (Tib. '' | '''Heaven of the Thirty-Three''' (Skt. ''Trāyastriṃśa''; Tib. སུམ་ཅུ་རྩ་གསུམ་, ''Sumchu Tsasum'', [[Wyl.]] ''sum cu rtsa gsum'') — second heaven of the [[desire realm]], situated on the summit of [[Mount Meru]] and presided over by thirty-three gods of whom [[Indra]] is the chief. | ||
In the middle of it lies the city Sudarashana (Skt. ''Sudaraśana''; [[Wyl.]] grong khyer lta na sdug, Eng. the city of "Lovely-to-See.”) The city has at its center ([[Wyl.]] ''rnam par rgyal ba'i khang bzang'') the palace of Indra. The city is surrounded by four parks: | |||
*1. Caitraratha vana (Skt.; [[Wyl.]] ''shing rta sna tshogs kyi tshal''; Eng. Park of Various Chariots), | |||
*2. Parusaka vana (Skt. ''pārusakā vana'' or ''pāruṣyaka vana'', [[Wyl.]] ''rtsub 'gyur tshal''; Eng. Park of Armory), | |||
*3. Mishraka vana (Skt. ''miśrakā vana''; [[Wyl.]] '' ’dres pa'i tshal'', Eng. Park of Various Activities), and | |||
*4. Nandana vana (Skt.; [[Wyl.]] ''dga' ba'i tshal''; Eng. Park of Delights). | |||
The gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three regularly wage war against the [[Demigods|asuras]]. | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé]], ''Myriad Worlds'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 116-118, ISBN 978-1559391887 | |||
==Internal Links== | |||
*[[Six heavens of the desire realm]] | |||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:Three Realms of Samsara]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:34, 28 December 2017
Heaven of the Thirty-Three (Skt. Trāyastriṃśa; Tib. སུམ་ཅུ་རྩ་གསུམ་, Sumchu Tsasum, Wyl. sum cu rtsa gsum) — second heaven of the desire realm, situated on the summit of Mount Meru and presided over by thirty-three gods of whom Indra is the chief.
In the middle of it lies the city Sudarashana (Skt. Sudaraśana; Wyl. grong khyer lta na sdug, Eng. the city of "Lovely-to-See.”) The city has at its center (Wyl. rnam par rgyal ba'i khang bzang) the palace of Indra. The city is surrounded by four parks:
- 1. Caitraratha vana (Skt.; Wyl. shing rta sna tshogs kyi tshal; Eng. Park of Various Chariots),
- 2. Parusaka vana (Skt. pārusakā vana or pāruṣyaka vana, Wyl. rtsub 'gyur tshal; Eng. Park of Armory),
- 3. Mishraka vana (Skt. miśrakā vana; Wyl. ’dres pa'i tshal, Eng. Park of Various Activities), and
- 4. Nandana vana (Skt.; Wyl. dga' ba'i tshal; Eng. Park of Delights).
The gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three regularly wage war against the asuras.
Further Reading
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé, Myriad Worlds (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 116-118, ISBN 978-1559391887