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Summit of Being Heaven
[有頂天] ( Jpn Ucho-ten)
(1) (Skt Akanishtha) Another name for the Akanishtha Heaven, or the highest heaven in the world of form. The living beings in this heaven are said to possess pure bodies that are free from all suffering and illness.
(2) (Skt Bhava-agra or Bhavagra) Another name for the Heaven of Neither Thought Nor No Thought, or the highest heaven in the world of formlessness. The Sanskrit word bhava means being, existence, or realm of existence, and agra means summit or the uppermost.
See also Realm of Neither Thought Nor No Thought.
