chos bzang

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chos bzang

A Mahābrahmā in the southern direction at the time of Buddha Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū. Also one of the four kings of the kinnaras, present at the teaching of the sūtra.

Name of hall where the gods of the thirty-three assemble to listen to the Dharma.

The assembly hall in the center of Sudarśana, the city in the Trāyastriṃśa ("Thirty-three") paradise, which has a central throne for Indra/Śakra and thirty-two thrones arranged to its right and left for the other thirty-two devas that make up the epnoymous thirty-three devas of Indra's paradise. Indra's own palace is to the north of this assembly hall.

The assembly hall of the devas on the summit of Mount Sumeru.

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