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Definition[1]

The abode of Maheśvara at the apex of the form realm. Also, the condition or place from which the highest type of bodhisattva proceeds to Buddhahood, whence it is also styled 淨居天 the pure abode heaven.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

(雜名)梵語,摩醯首羅宮。大自在天之宮殿也。在色界之頂。外道所祭祀之大自在天住於此。又第十地之菩薩將成佛時。於此處變現淨土。自十方諸佛施成佛之灌頂。唯識論七曰:「諸異生求佛果者,定色界後引生無漏,後必生在淨居天上大自在宮得自在故。」同述記七末曰:「大自在宮者,淨居上有實淨土,即自受用身初於彼起證,是第十地菩薩宮,舊言摩醯首羅,今應言莫醯伊濕伐羅,即大自在也。」天台觀音義疏下曰:「大自在,即色界,頂摩醯首羅也。樓炭稱為阿迦尼吒,華嚴稱為色究竟,或有人以第六天,而諸經論多稱大自在是色界頂。釋論云:過淨居天有十住菩薩號大自在,大千界主。」

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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