- 天仙
- (sa) deva-ṛṣi, or devas and rsis, or immortals. Nāgārjuna gives ten classes of (sa) ṛṣis whose lifetime is 100, 000 years, then they are reincarnated. Another category is fivefold: 天仙 deva-(sa) ṛṣis in the mountains round Sumeru: 神仙 spirit-(sa) ṛṣis who roam the air: 人仙 humans who have attained the powers of immortals; 地仙 earth (sa) ṛṣis, subterranean; 鬼仙 (sa) pretas, or malevolent (sa) ṛṣis.
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.