佛祖統紀 31.29

31.29

帝釋升座。左右各十六天王隨坐。有二太子。是二大將軍。坐諸天王左右。持國天王與大臣軍旅恭敬諸天依東門坐。增長天王依南門坐。廣目天王依西門坐。多聞天王依北門坐。是四天王以世間善惡。奏聞帝釋諸天王。月八日四王大臣遍行世間。十四日四王太子行。十五日四王自行觀察善惡。若無多人受戒布施。帝釋聞奏憂惱說言。天眾減損。修羅日增（阿毘曇論）第一善法堂天（即帝釋）。第二住峯天。三山頂天。四善見城天。五鉢私地天。六住俱吒天。七雜殿天。八歡喜園天。九光明天。十波利樹園天（即圓生樹）十一險岸天。十二雜險岸天。十三摩尼藏天。十四旋行地天。十五密殿天。十六鬘影天。十七柔軟地天。十八雜莊嚴天。十九如意地天。二十微細行天。二十一歌音樂天。二十二威德輪天。二十三月行天。二十四娑利天二十五速行天。二十六影照天。二十七智慧天。二十八眾分天。二十九住輪天。三十上行天。三十一威德顏天。三十二威德輪天。三十三清淨天（正法念經）○本為人時施飲食燈明錢財。故名釋提桓因（此云能天主）本為人時姓故名憍尸迦。舍脂為第一后故名舍脂鉢低。於一座間思千種義故名千眼。於三十三天為主故名因提利（中阿含經○本有千名。翻譯不足）帝釋有金剛杵力（孔雀經）○三十三天生時。天女手中華生。自知有兒。即以授夫。七日天生。善知天法。行宮殿中見無主天女。來言聖子善來此汝宮殿。我無夫主今相供養（毘邪仙人經）天初生時如十二歲兒。於父母生處或兩膝兩股。忽然而生。即有寶器盛天須陀味及以天酒。隨福上中下有白赤黑色。飲食既訖。身量即與舊男女等（起世因本經）單修上品十善生忉利天（四教儀）。

When Indra ascends his seat, sixteen heavenly kings on the left and right sit with him. There are two princes who are the two great generals; they sit to the left and right of the heavenly kings. Heavenly King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, together with his great ministers, forces, and reverent devas, sits by the eastern gate. Heavenly King Virūḍhaka sits by the southern gate. Heavenly King Virūpākṣa sits by the western gate. Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa sits by the northern gate. These Four Heavenly Kings report the good and evil deeds of the world to Indra and the heavenly kings. On the eighth day of the month, the ministers of the Four Kings travel throughout the world; on the fourteenth day, the princes of the Four Kings travel; on the fifteenth day, the Four Kings travel in person to observe good and evil. If there are not many people receiving the precepts and giving alms, Indra hears the report and laments with worry, saying: 'The hosts of heaven are diminishing, and the asuras are multiplying daily.' (Abhidharma treatises)
The first is the heaven of the Hall of Good Dharma (namely Indra); the second is the heaven of Residing on the Peak; the third, the heaven of the Mountain Peak; the fourth, the heaven of the City of Good Sight (Sudarśana); the fifth, the heaven of the Pāriyātra Earth; the sixth, the heaven of Residing on the Kūṭa; the seventh, the heaven of Varied Halls; the eighth, the heaven of the Joyous Garden; the ninth, the heaven of Bright Light; the tenth, the heaven of the Pārijāta Tree Garden (namely the Tree of Rounded Birth); the eleventh, the heaven of Precipitous Cliffs; the twelfth, the heaven of Varied Precipitous Cliffs; the thirteenth, the heaven of the Mani Treasury; the fourteenth, the heaven of Circling Earth; the fifteenth, the heaven of the Secret Hall; the sixteenth, the heaven of Garland Shadows; the seventeenth, the heaven of Supple Earth; the eighteenth, the heaven of Varied Adornments; the nineteenth, the heaven of Wish-Fulfilling Earth; the twentieth, the heaven of Subtle Movement; the twenty-first, the heaven of Song and Music; the twenty-second, the heaven of the Wheel of Majestic Power; the twenty-third, the heaven of Moon Movement; the twenty-fourth, the heaven of Śāli; the twenty-fifth, the heaven of Swift Movement; the twenty-sixth, the heaven of Shadow Reflection; the twenty-seventh, the heaven of Wisdom; the twenty-eighth, the heaven of Many Portions; the twenty-ninth, the heaven of Residing on the Wheel; the thirtieth, the heaven of Upward Movement; the thirty-first, the heaven of the Majestic Countenance; the thirty-second, the heaven of the Wheel of Majestic Power; the thirty-third, the heaven of Purity. (Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra)
○ When originally a human, he gave food, drink, lamps, and wealth, hence he is named Śakra Devānām Indra (translated here as 'Lord Able of Gods'). When originally a human, his clan name was Kauśika, hence he is called Kauśika. Because Śacī was his first queen, he is named Śacīpati. Because during a single sitting he contemplates a thousand meanings, he is named Thousand-Eyed. Because he is lord over the thirty-three heavens, he is named Indra. (Madhyama-āgama. ○ Originally he has a thousand names; the translations are incomplete.)
Indra possesses the power of the vajra-sceptre. (Mahāmāyūrī-vidyārājñī-sūtra)
○ When born in the Thirty-Three Heavens, a flower appears in the hands of a heavenly maiden. Knowing of herself that she has a child, she hands it to her husband. After seven days, he becomes an adult deva, thoroughly familiar with heavenly norms. Walking through the palaces, he sees masterless heavenly maidens, who come and say: 'Noble son, welcome! This is your palace. I have no master, and now make offerings to you.' (Viyakṣa-ṛṣi-sūtra / Piyaxianren jing)
When devas are first born, they are like twelve-year-old children, appearing suddenly where their parents give birth, either on their two knees or two thighs. Precious vessels at once hold heavenly sudhā flavor and heavenly wine, which are white, red, or black depending on their merit—superior, middling, or inferior. Once they have finished drinking and eating, their bodily stature equals that of the older males and females. (Lokasthiti-sūtra / Qishi yinben jing)
Merely cultivating the superior grade of the ten good deeds leads to rebirth in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven. (Sijiao yi).