色天

Readings

Pinyin: sè tiān

Wade-Giles: se-t'ien

Hangul: 색천

Korean MC: saekcheon

Korean MR: saekch'ŏn

Katakana: シキテン

Hepburn: shikiten

the heaven of form

• The realm of form; the heavens in the form realm (Skt. rūpiṇāṃ devānām, rūpin, *rūpa-deva, *rūpa-dhātu-deva) Cf. 色界 (sè jiè), 色處 (sè chù). 〔道行般若經 T 224.8.435a19〕[resp. Seishi Karashima; source(s): Lokaksema-AP, Hirakawa, Nakamura, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 577a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1005

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1740a

Lokaksema's Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Karashima), 404

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