Rūpāvacara
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rūpāvacara (P. rūpāvacarakusala) - pertaining to the form realm (rūpadhātu);[1] things that "belong to the sphere" of the form realm.
This term is a synonym of rūpadhātu.[2]
The Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary states:
- dwelling in the rūpa-dhātu or realm of form, ep. of a group of (18) classes of gods[3]
The Tibetan translation (gzugs na spyod pa) can have the following meaning:
- walking in the world of form[4]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Dhammasṅgaṇi.
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. rūpādhātu.
- ↑
Dictionaries/Edgerton_Buddhist_Hybrid_Sanskrit_Dictionary/rūpāvacara_(12844), Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- ↑
gzugs_na_spyod_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University