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Abhasvaras (Sanskrit: आभास्वर, romanized: Ābhāsvara) is a term used in Buddhism to refer to a heaven and in Hinduism to refer to a class of deities. In...

as one of the nine gana deities: adityas, visvedevas, vasus, tushitas, abhasvaras, anilas, maharajikas, sadhyas, and the rudras. Like all heaven realms...

one of the nine ganadevatas (along with the adityas, vasus, tushitas, abhasvaras, anilas, maharajikas, sadhyas, and rudras). According to the Vishnu Purana...

vivartakalpa, the worlds are first populated by beings reborn from the Ābhāsvara worlds. Ābhāsvara आभास्वर or Ābhassara आभस्सर (Vietnamese: Trời Quang Âm; Chinese:...

dhyāna. The Śubhakṛtsna devas rest in the bliss of the third dhyāna. The Ābhāsvara devas enjoy the delights of the second dhyāna. They are also more interested...

beginning of the current kalpa as Brahma-like beings reborn from the Ābhāsvara Brahma-realm. They were then beings shining in their own light, capable...

(gaṇas) of deities, among the adityas, rudras, vasus, visvedevas, tushitas, abhasvaras, anilas, and the maharajikas. They are sometimes referred to as a class...

the three ordinary Brahma-worlds the three Śubhakṛtsna worlds the three Ābhāsvara worlds the two Bṛhatphala worlds the five Suddhāvāsā worlds, the four...

(gaṇas) of deities, among the adityas, rudras, vasus, visvedevas, tushitas, abhasvaras, anilas, and the sadhyas. They are sometimes referred to as a class of...

Luminous mind (Skt: prabhāsvara-citta or ābhāsvara-citta, Pali: pabhassara citta; Tib: འོད་གསལ་གྱི་སེམས་ ’od gsal gyi sems; Ch: 光明心 guangmingxin; Jpn:...

Ones (Brahmas; Burmese: ဗြဟ္မာ) descended from the Coruscant Heavens (Abhasvara) and were reborn on the primordial world as the 'Luminous Ones'. At this...