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| Realm | Description | Cause of Birth in Realm (Note 1) | Lifetime |
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| The Apayas (Undesired Realms) | |||
| 1. Niraya (Hell) | Unimaginable suffering. | Anantariya papa kamma, Ten akusala kamma with established wrong views. | Variable |
| 2. Tiracchāna (Animal; Tirisan in Sinhala) | Microscopic to large animals. | Ten akusala kamma with established wrong views. | Variable |
| 3. Peta (Hungry Ghosts; Preta in Sinhala) | Some live in our world unseen to us. | Ten akusala kamma with established wrong views. | Variable |
| 4. Vinipāta Asuras (Asuras) | Some live in our world unseen to us. | Ten akusala kamma with established wrong views. | Variable |
| Sugathi (Desired Kama Loka Realms) | |||
| 5. Manussa (Human) | Most valued birth of all realms. | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra (thihethuka, dvihethuka, and ahethuka) | Variable (Note 2) |
| 6. Cātummahārājika Deva | Fine bodies from this realm; no diseases. | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra. | 500 CY 9M HY (Note 3) |
| 7. Tāvatimsā deva | Sakka lives in this realm. | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra. | 1000 CY 36M HY |
| 8. Yama deva | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra. | 2000 CY 144M HY |
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| 9. Tusitā deva | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra. | 4000 CY 576M HY |
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| 10. Nimmānaratī deva | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra. | 8000 CY 2304M HY |
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| 11. Paranimmita vasavattī deva | Puñña abhisaṅkhāra. | 16000 CY 9216M HY |
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| Rupa Loka (Fine Material Realms) | |||
| 12. Brahma Parisajja deva | Jhanic bliss in this and higher realms. | First jhana (minor) | 1/3 kappa (Note 5) |
| 13. Brahma Purohita deva | First jhana (medium) | 1/2 kappa | |
| 14. Brahmakayika (Maha Brahma) | First jhana (highest) | 1 kappa | |
| 15. Parittabha deva | Second jhana (minor) | 2 kappa | |
| 16. Appamanabha deva | Second jhana (medium) | 4 kappa | |
| 17. Abhassara deva | Second jhana (highest) | 8 kappa | |
| 18. Paritta Subha deva | Third jhana (minor) | 16 kappa | |
| 19. Appamana Subha deva | Third jhana (medium) | 32 kappa | |
| 20. Subha kinhaka deva | Third jhana (highest) | 64 kappa | |
| 21. Vehappala deva | Fourth jhana various levels from here and above | 500 kappa | |
| 22. Asañña satta | Body only; no mind | 500 kappa | |
| 23. Aviha deva | Only Anagamis | 1000 kappa | |
| 24. Atappa deva | Only Anagamis | 2000 kappa | |
| 25. Sudassa deva | Only Anagamis | 4000 kappa | |
| 26. Sudassi deva | Only Anagamis | 8000 kappa | |
| 27. Akanittakha deva | Only Anagamis | 16000 kappa | |
| Arupa Loka (Immaterial Realms); see Note 4 | |||
| 28. Ākāsānancāyatana deva | Fifth jhana | 20,000 kappa | |
| 29. Viññāṇañcāyatana deva | Sixth jhana | 40,000 kappa | |
| 30. Ākiñcaññāyatana deva | Seventh jhana | 60,000 kappa | |
| 31. Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana deva | Eighth jhana | 84,000 kappa | |