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The (Sanskrit; Pali ) heaven is an important world of the devas in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. The word is an adjective formed from the numeral , "33" and can be translated in English as "belonging to the thirty-three ()". It is primarily the name of the second heaven in Buddhist cosmology, and secondarily used of the devas who dwell there. ==Description== The heaven is the second of the heavens of the Kāmadhātu, and 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 80,000 ''yojanas'' (perhaps about 400,000 miles); the total area of the heaven is 80,000 yojanas square. This heaven is therefore comparable to the Greek Mount Olympus in some respects. According to Vasubandhu, inhabitants of are each half a ''krośa'' tall (about 1500 feet) and live for 1000 years, of which each day is equivalent to 100 years of our world: that is, for a total of 36 million of our years. Since is physically connected to the world through Sumeru, unlike the heavens above it, the devas are unable to avoid being entangled in worldly affairs. In particular, they frequently find themselves in quarrels with the asuras, a separate set of divine beings who were expelled from and who now dwell at the foot of Sumeru, plotting for ways to recover their lost kingdom. There is, however, marriage between the devas and the asuras just as there is between the Æsir and the jötnar in Norse mythology. The chief of the devas is Śakra (Pāli: ''Sakka''), also known as Indra. Others devas who are frequently mentioned are Viśvakarman (''Vissakamma''), the devas' craftsman and builder; Mātali, who drives Śakra's chariot; and Sujā, Śakra's wife and daughter of the Asura chief Vemacitrin (''Vepacitti''). The heaven appears several times in Buddhist stories, in which either the Buddha ascends to , or (more often) deities from descend to meet the Buddha. The Buddha's mother, Maya, was reborn in the heaven and was visited by her son, who taught her abhidharma. The "thirty-three" in the name of the heaven is not an enumeration of the gods who live there (there are far more) but a general term inherited from Vedic mythology, implying "the whole pantheon of gods". Hindu mythology provides a full list of thirty-three gods but it is inconsistent with the Buddhist conception and mythology of the devas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trāyastriṃśa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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