天てん部ぶ

noun

deva; heavenly being

Buddhist term for a divine or celestial being residing in the heavenly realms. Often encountered in Buddhist scriptures and art.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、天てん部ぶは六ろく道どうの一ひとつである天てん上じょう界かいに住すむ存そん在ざいを指さす。

  In Buddhism, deva refers to beings residing in the heavenly realm, one of the six realms of existence.