[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › 18.39 # 一切經音義 18.39 一切經音義 18.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.18.39) 三界（皆薤反或書畍字訓用一種梵云怛\[口\*束\*頁\]（二合轉舌）路（引）枳（二合）唐云三界即欲界色界上下倫次摠有二十八重諸天或依山地或依虗空隨業而住旁盡三千大千百億須彌䥫圍上窮有頂冥空下極風輪空界摠曰娑訶古譯名娑婆世界是也）。 > Three realms (the pronunciation is \[the fanqie\] 皆 + 薤; it is also written with the character 界. Both character forms have the same gloss and usage. In Sanskrit one says trai-lokya (trai is a conjunct with a rolled tongue; lo is prolonged; kya is a conjunct); in the Tang language one says 'three realms' (sanjie), namely the desire realm, the form realm, and \[the formless realm\]. Ranked in order from top to bottom, there are altogether twenty-eight tiers of heavens. Some rely on mountains and the earth, while others rely on empty space, residing according to their karma. Laterally they encompass the trichiliocosm with its ten billion Sumerus and Iron Enclosing Mountains; above they reach the summit of existence (bhavāgra) and dark void; below they extend to the limit of the wind-wheel and the spatial realm. It is collectively called sahā, which the ancient translations rendered as the Sahā world). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.18.38) - [Next: 18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.18.40) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.18.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.18.39) · Pramāṇa