twenty-eight heavens ［二十八天］ ( nijūhatten or nijūhachi-ten): Subdivisions of the world of heaven—the six heavens in the world of desire, the eighteen heavens (subdivisions of the four meditation heavens in the world of form), and the four immaterial realms in the world of formlessness. The six heavens in the world of desire are the Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings ( Chātur-mahārāja-kāyika), the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods (Trāyastrimsha), the Yāma Heaven, the Heaven of Satisfaction (Tushita), the Heaven of Enjoying the Conjured (Nirmānarati), and the Heaven of Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others (Paranirmita-vasha-vartin). The eighteen heavens in the world of form are the Heaven of Brahmā’s Retinue (Brahmakāyika), the Heaven of Brahmā’s Aide (Brahmapurohita), and the Heaven of Great Brahmā (Mahābrahman) in the first meditation heaven; the Minor Light Heaven (Parīttābha), the Infinite Light Heaven (Apramānābha), and the Light Sound Heaven (Ābhāsvara, also known as the Utmost Light and Purity Heaven) in the second meditation heaven; the Minor Purity Heaven (Parīttashubha), the Boundless Purity Heaven (Apramānashubha), and the All Pure Heaven (Shubhakritsna) in the third meditation heaven; and the Cloudless Heaven (Anabhraka), the Merit Increasing Heaven (Punyaprasava), the Large Fruitage Heaven (Brihatphala), the Heaven of No Thought (Asamjnin), the Heaven of No Vexations (Avriha), the Heaven of No Heat (Atapa), the Reward Appearing Heaven (Sudrisha), the Heaven of Clear Perception (Sudarshana), and the Akanishtha Heaven in the fourth meditation heaven. The four realms in the world of formlessness are the Realm of Boundless Empty Space (Ākāshānantyāyatana), the Realm of Boundless Consciousness (Vijnānānantyāyatana), the Realm of Nothingness (Ākimchanyāyatana), and the Realm of Neither Thought Nor No Thought (Naivasamjnānāsamjnāyatana).