noun
Tusita heaven; Tusita pure land
Abbreviation of 兜率天 (Tosotsuten), the fourth of the six heavens in the desire realm in Buddhist cosmology, where bodhisattvas reside before their final birth.
See also: 兜率天
兜率は弥勒菩薩が住む天界とされる。
Tusita is said to be the heavenly realm where Maitreya Bodhisattva resides.
Full form of the same term; 兜率 is the abbreviated version.
Abbreviation of 兜率天 (Tosotsuten), a transcription of Sanskrit Tuṣita.