Bharat Devotion

त्रायस्त्रिंश

Literal Meaning

Heaven of the Thirty-Three

Etymology & Sanskrit Root

Pali 'tavatimsa', Sanskrit 'trayastrimsa', literally 'thirty-three,' naming the number of its ruling gods.

Spiritual Insight & Context

Tavatimsa is the heaven ruled by Sakka and is said to be where the Buddha taught his departed mother the Abhidhamma.