Concept
Trailokya
Overview
Trailokya (Sanskrit: त्रैलोक्य; Kannada: ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯ; Pali: tiloka, Tibetan: khams gsum; Chinese: 三界; Vietnamese: Tam Giới) literally means "three worlds". It can also refer to "three spheres," "three planes of existence," and "three realms".
Various schemas of three realms (tri-loka) appear in the main Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Related ideas
- Hinduism
- Nirvana (Buddhism)
- Indian religions
- Jainism
- Rūpa
- Mahayana
- Dhyana in Buddhism
- Theravada
- Buddhism
- Rebirth (Buddhism)
- Jain cosmology
- Vaishnavism
- Loka
Place in the tradition
Part of Idealism.