Cāturmahārājakāyika Heaven

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cāturmahārājakāyika_Heaven
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Buddhist cosmological realm
gptkbp:accessibleBy meritorious rebirth
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Heaven of the Four Great Kings
gptkbp:associatedWith Buddhist cosmology
Hindu mythology
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth immediately above the human realm
gptkbp:FourGreatKings gptkb:Vaiśravaṇa
gptkb:Dhṛtarāṣṭra
gptkb:Virūḍhaka
gptkb:Virūpākṣa
gptkbp:function guardianship of the world
gptkbp:hasChineseName 四天王天
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cāturmahārājakāyika Heaven
gptkbp:inhabitedBy yakshas
asuras
gandharvas
devas
garudas
kumbhāṇḍas
nāgas
gptkbp:JapaneseName Shitennō-ten
gptkbp:level first heaven above Mount Sumeru
gptkbp:lifespan 500 years (each day equals 50 human years)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kāmadhātu
gptkbp:lowestHeavenOf six heavens of the desire realm
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Buddhism
Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:nameInSanskrit Cāturmahārājakāyika
gptkbp:PaliName Cātummahārājika
gptkbp:protectedBy four cardinal directions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mount_Sumeru
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:Four_Great_Kings
gptkbp:TibetanName rgyal.chen bzhi'i ris
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Trāyastriṃśa_Heaven
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6