gati
Buddhism
Also known as: destiny
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Buddhist cosmology
- In Buddhism: Mythic figures in the Three Worlds cosmology
…includes a set of six gatis (“destinies”) that have played an important role as a setting for mythology in virtually all Buddhist traditions in Asia. The highest of these six destinies is that of the devatas (though both gods and goddesses are included among the devatas, the goddesses generally have…
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