兜と率そつ天てん

noun

Tusita heaven; Tushita heaven

In Buddhist cosmology, the fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm (六欲天). It is the abode where bodhisattvas reside before their final rebirth on earth.

See also: 六欲天

• 兜と率そつ天てんは、弥み勒ろく菩ぼ薩さつが住すむ天てん界かいとされています。

  Tusita heaven is said to be the celestial realm where Maitreya Bodhisattva resides.