རི་རབ་ཀྱི་སྟེང་ལྷའི་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

རི་རབ་ཀྱི་སྟེང་ལྷའི་གནས།

ri rab kyi steng lha’i gnas

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realm of gods atop Mount Meru

Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers

realm of gods atop Mount Meru

རི་རབ་ཀྱི་སྟེང་ལྷའི་གནས།

ri rab kyi steng lha’i gnas

Definition in this text:

Likely refers to the Heaven of the Thirty-Three (Trāyastriṃśa, sum cu rtsa gsum), the second heaven of the desire realm situated on the summit of Mount Meru and presided over by thirty-three gods, of whom Śakra is the chief.

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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