Realm of Form; physiology
Realms of Form. Seventeen samsaric heavenly abodes consisting of the threefold four Dhyana Realms and the five Pure Abodes. A subtle divine state of samsaric existence between the desire realm and the formless realm, where sense of smell, sense of taste and sexual organs are absent. The beings there have bodies of light, long lives and no painful sensations. Unwholesome mental factors such as attachment cannot arise
the form realms
form realm one of the three realms in Buddhist cosmology; the others are: the formless realm (gzugs med khams, arūpya-dhātu) and the desire realm ('dod khams, kāma-dhātu)
<place> form realm, realm of pure matter