四种天

The four classes of (sa) devas include

(1) 名天 famous rulers on earth styled 天王, 天子;

(2) 生天 the highest incarnations of the six paths;

(3) 淨天 the pure, or the saints, from (sa) śrāvakas to (sa) pratyekabuddhas, and

(4) 義天 all bodhisattvas above the ten stages 十住. The Buddhas are not included; 智度論 22.