lha

lha

A being in the paradises from the base of Mount Meru upward. Also can refer to a deity in the human world, or can be used as an honorific form of address for kings and other important personages.

A being in the paradises from the base of Mount Meru upward. Also can refer to a deity in the human world.

A being in the realms above the human-inhabited world.

A general name for the deities in the desire realm, and in other contexts, specifically for a group of storm deities. In translation, the Tibetan does not differentiate the term from the more general deva.

General term for all sorts of gods and deities.

Gods; a class of beings in the higher planes of existence in the desire realm, as well as in the form and formless realm.

One of the five or six classes of living beings, specifically engendered and dominated by exaltation, indulgence, and pride. The gods are said to exist in realms higher than that of the human realm within in the world system of desire (kāmadhātu), and also in the world system of form (rūpadhātu).

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