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Five Pure Abodes

Five Pure Abodes (of the form realms) (Wylie: gtsang-ma'i gnas lnga; Sanskrit: pañcaśuddhanivāsa)

  • Avṛha (Sanskrit; Tibetan: མི་ཆེ་བ, Wylie: mi che ba)
  • Atapa (Sanskrit; Tibetan: མི་གདུང་བ, Wylie: mi gdung ba)
  • Sudṛśa (Sanskrit; Tibetan: གྱ་ནོམ་སྣང་བ, Wylie: gya nom snang ba)
  • Sudarśana (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ཤིན་ཏུ་མཐོང, Wylie: shin tu mthong)
  • Akaniṣṭa (Sanskrit; Tibetan: འོག་མིན, Wylie: 'og min)

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