Trāyastriṃśa
thumb|The Buddha and Nanda visit the in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, Gandhāra (present-day Pakistan), schist, late 2nd century, [[San Diego Museum of Art]] thumb|300px|Descent of the Buddha from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven at Sankissa, Northern Gateway, Stupa No. 1, Sanchi '''''' (; ; ) is a celestial realm of the in Buddhist cosmology and constitutes the second of the six heavens of the desire realm (). The term is a Sanskrit adjectival form derived from the numeral (), meaning "thirty-three", a reference to the pantheon of devas who preside over it, modeled after the thirty-three Vedic deities. It i
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- Buddhist term.title
- Trāyastriṃśa
- Buddhist term.en
- Heaven of the Thirty-Three
- Buddhist term.pi
- tāvatiṁsa
- Buddhist term.sa
- त्रायस्त्रिंश
- Buddhist term.sa Latn
- trāyastriṃśa
- Buddhist term.my
- တာဝတိံသာ
- Buddhist term.my Latn
- tàwədèɪɰ̃ðà
- Buddhist term.zh
- 忉利天
- Buddhist term.zh Latn
- Dāolìtiān
- Buddhist term.ja
- 忉利天
- Buddhist term.ja Kana
- トウリテン
- Buddhist term.ja Latn
- tōriten
- Buddhist term.km
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thumb|The Buddha and Nanda visit the in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, Gandhāra (present-day Pakistan), schist, late 2nd century, [[San Diego Museum of Art]] thumb|300px|Descent of the Buddha from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven at Sankissa, Northern Gateway, Stupa No. 1, Sanchi '''' (; ; ) is a celestial realm of the in Buddhist cosmology and constitutes the second of the six heavens of the desire realm (). The term is a Sanskrit adjectival form derived from the numeral (), meaning "thirty-three", a reference to the pantheon of devas who preside over it, modeled after the thirty-three Vedic deities. It is ruled by Śakra.
==Description== The heaven is the second of the heavens of the Kāmadhātu, just above Catumaharajika or the realm of the Four Heavenly Kings, and is the highest of the heavens that maintains a physical connection with the rest of the world. is located on the peak of Sumeru, the central mountain of the world, at a height of 80 yojanas ; the total area of the heaven is 80 yojanas square. This heaven is therefore comparable to the Greek Mount Olympus in some respects.