Buddha’s descent from Tavatimsa heaven

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Buddhist religious event episode in the Buddha’s life miraculous descent

Buddha’s descent from Tavatimsa heaven is a key episode in Buddhist tradition recounting the Buddha’s return to earth after teaching the Abhidhamma to his mother in the celestial Tavatimsa realm.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
“Descent into Laṅkā Sūtra”	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist religious event ⓘ episode in the Buddha’s life ⓘ miraculous descent ⓘ
accompaniedBy	Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakka NERFINISHED ⓘ deities ⓘ
associatedDeity	Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakka NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPerson	Buddha’s mother ⓘ Mahamaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRealm	Tavatimsa heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Trayastrimsa heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Buddhist miracle stories ⓘ events in the Buddha’s biography ⓘ
causeOrMotivation	to repay his mother’s kindness ⓘ to teach Abhidhamma to his mother ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Buddhist art ⓘ Jataka murals ⓘ festival observances ⓘ reliefs on stupas ⓘ
countryInTradition	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedIn	Amaravati reliefs NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandharan Buddhist art NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanchi reliefs NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrinalSignificance	emphasizes filial piety ⓘ highlights importance of Abhidhamma NERFINISHED ⓘ illustrates Buddha’s compassion ⓘ
hasFeature	miraculous stairways ⓘ triple staircase ⓘ
locationOfDescent	Sankassa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sankasya NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeRole	Buddha returns to earth from heaven ⓘ
relatedConcept	Abhidhamma teaching in heaven ⓘ Buddha’s mother reborn in heaven ⓘ Tavatimsa heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalSource	Atthakatha NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddhist chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Pali commentarial literature ⓘ
taughtDoctrine	Abhidhamma NERFINISHED ⓘ
taughtTo	his mother in Tavatimsa heaven ⓘ
timeInTradition	after three months in Tavatimsa heaven ⓘ seventh rains retreat after Enlightenment ⓘ
veneratedIn	Southeast Asian Buddhist traditions ⓘ Sri Lankan Buddhist tradition ⓘ Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thadingyut → associatedWith → Buddha’s descent from Tavatimsa heaven ⓘ

Lankāvatāra Sutra → titleMeaning → Buddha’s descent from Tavatimsa heaven ⓘ

subject surface form: Lankāvatāra Sūtra

this entity surface form: “Descent into Laṅkā Sūtra”