Third of the four formless absorptions.

Third of the four heavens of the formless realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing one of the formless meditative absorptions.

The third meditative state pertaining to the formless realm.

The third of the four attainments of the formless states. Also a class of devas in the formless realm (ārūpyadhātu); there is no body in this world, only mind. Rebirth there results from accomplishing the formless meditative absorptions (ārūpyasamāpatti).

The third of the four states of imperturbability, which leads to rebirth in the formless realm (Skt. ārūpyadhātu) as a deva without form.

The third of the four levels of the formless realm and its meditation, when there is the perception of nothingness.

The second highest of the four formless realms. See also “state.”

The second highest of the four formless realms. See also “state.”

Third of the four formless realms. The term also refers to the class of gods that dwell there and the third of the four formless absorptions. The other three realms are the station of endless space, the station of endless consciousness, and the station of neither perception nor nonperception.

Third of the four formless realms. The term also refers to the class of gods that dwell there and the third of the four formless absorptions. The other three realms are the station of endless space, the station of endless consciousness, and the station of neither perception nor nonperception.

The sixth of the eight liberations.

Name of the third of the four formless realms and of the third formless meditative absorption, so termed because in its preparatory phase absolute nothingness is the object of meditation.

Third of four states in the formless realm.

One of the three lower formless realms among the four formless realms, so termed because in its preparatory phase absolute nothingness is the object of meditation.

Name of the third of the four formless realms and of the third formless concentration, so termed because in its preparatory phase absolute nothingness is the object of meditation.

The third formless meditative absorption and its resultant formless realm of existence.

A formless state, either a meditative state or its resultant realm of existence, i.e., a class of deities of the formless realm. (No equivalent of upaga in Tib.)