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desire realm, Kama dhatu, the desire realm, realm of desire [RY]

desire realm/ kamadhatu [IW]

desire realm/ kamadhatu [its beings desire food, sex, and the five desirable qualities, though also vessels of dharma.] [IW]

kamadhatu, sense-desire world plane, sphere of sensuality, world of sensuality, world of sensual pleasures, world of brahma [JV]

realms of desire. Comprised of the abodes of hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, asuras, and the gods of the six abodes of Desire gods. It is called 'desire realm' because the beings there are tormented by the mental pain of desire and attachment to material substance [RY]