Tusita

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Tusita is a heavenly realm in Buddhist cosmology where future Buddhas, including Maitreya, reside before their final rebirth.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tusita canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist cosmological realm ⓘ
heavenly realm ⓘ
associatedWith Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana

Maitreya ⓘ
Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

bodhisattva path ⓘ
future Buddha ⓘ
category Buddhist cosmology concept ⓘ
Buddhist eschatology concept ⓘ
Buddhist heaven ⓘ
linked to: Trayastrimsa heaven
cosmologicalLevel deva realm ⓘ
cosmologicalOrder above Yāma heaven ⓘ
below Nimmānaratī heaven ⓘ
culturalInfluence East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Southeast Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
describedIn Aṅguttara Nikāya ⓘ
linked to: Sutta Pitaka

Dīgha Nikāya ⓘ
linked to: Sutta Pitaka

Mahāyāna sūtras ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana sutras
doctrineFunction intermediate abode before Buddhahood ⓘ
place of teaching for devas and bodhisattvas ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Pāli ⓘ
linked to: Pali

Sanskrit ⓘ
etymologyMeaning contented ⓘ
joyful ⓘ
feature high degree of happiness ⓘ
long lifespans of inhabitants ⓘ
realm of great delight ⓘ
locatedIn Kāmadhātu ⓘ
sensuous realm ⓘ
positionInKamaLoka fourth heaven ⓘ
realmType non-formless realm ⓘ
non-rūpadhātu realm ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
resident Maitreya ⓘ
residentType bodhisattvas ⓘ
devas ⓘ
role abode of future Buddhas ⓘ
residence of bodhisattvas before final rebirth ⓘ
scripturalSource Abhidharma literature ⓘ
linked to: Abhidharma

Pāli Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon

Sanskrit Buddhist texts ⓘ
timeScale very long deva lifetimes compared to humans ⓘ
worshipPractice devotional aspiration to be reborn in Tusita ⓘ
prayers to meet Maitreya in Tusita ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tusita Heaven → PaliName → Tusita ⓘ
Tuṣita → languageVariant → Tusita ⓘ