- 化樂天
- (化樂天, 化乐天)
Nirmāṇarati, [lang id =1028]樂變化天 the fifth of the six desire-heavens, 640, 000 yojanas above Meru; it is next above the Tuṣita, or fourth (sa) deva. loka; a day is equal to 800 human years; life lasts for 8, 000 years; its inhabitants are eight (sa) yojanas in height, and light-emitting; mutual smiling produces impregnation and children are born on the knees by metamorphosis, at birth equal in development to human children of twelve-- hence the 'joy-born heaven'.* * *◆化樂天者, 謂自化五塵之欲而娛樂故。 此天依空而居。 (五塵者, 色塵、 聲塵、 香塵、 味塵、 觸塵也。 ) ◆化樂天者, 謂欲得五欲樂時, 皆自變化, 以相娛樂故也。 此天由修施、 戒二種福業, 勝兜率天, 是以感報得生其中也。* * *自變化五塵, 而自娛樂, 故名化樂, 為欲界六天中之天名。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.