Brahmā [梵天] (, Pali; Bonten): Also, Mahābrahmā, the great heavenly king Brahmā, or the heavenly king Brahmā. A god said to live in the first and lowest of the four meditation heavens in the world of form above Mount Sumeru and who rules over the sahā world. In Indian mythology, Brahmā was regarded as the personification of the fundamental universal principle (Brahman), and he was incorporated into Buddhism as one of the two major tutelary gods, the other being Shakra, known also as Indra.