[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c21.382 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.382 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.382 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.382) Tāvatimsa.—The second of the six deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatimsa stands at the top of Mount Sineru (or Sudassana). Sakka is king of both worlds, but lives in Tāvatimsa. Originally it was the abode of the Asuras (q.v.); but when Māgha was born as Sakka and dwelt with his companions in Tāvatimsa he disliked the idea of sharing his realm with the Asuras, and, having made them intoxicated, he hurled them down to the foot of Sineru, where the Asurabhavana was later established. The chief difference between these two worlds seems to have been that the Pāricchattaka tree grew in Tāvatimsa, and the Citta-pāṭali tree in Asurabhavana. In order that the Asuras should not enter Tāvatimsa, Sakka had five walls built around it, and these were guarded by Nāgas, Supaṇṇas, Kumbhaṇḍas, Yakkhas and Cātummahārājika devas.¹ The entrance to Tāvatimsa was by way of the Cittakūṭadvārakoṭṭhaka, on either side of which statues of Indra (Indapaṭimā) kept guard.² The whole kingdom was ten thousand leagues in extent,³ and contained more than one thousand pāsādas.⁴ The chief features of Tāvatimsa were its parks—the Phārusaka, Cittalatā, Missaka and Nandana—the Vejayanta-pāsāda, the Pāricchatta tree, the elephant-king Erāvaṇa and the Assembly-hall Sudhammā.⁵ Mention is also made of a park called Nandā.⁶ Besides the Pāricchataka (or Pārijāta) flower, which is described as a Kovilāra,⁷ the divine Kakkāru flower also grew in Tāvatimsa.⁸ In the Cittalatāvana grows the Āsāvatī creeper, which blossoms once in a thousand years.⁹ - [Previous: v1.c21.381](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.381) - [Next: v1.c21.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.383) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.382) · Pramāṇa