July 29, 2016; revised January 23, 2020; December 5, 2020; August 22, 2021 Title pronunciation: What Is Antarābhava? 1. There are many misinterpretations about the term “antarābhava.” Just two to three hundred years after the Parinibbana of the Buddha, Mahāyānists started saying that there is an antarābhava because they thought gandhabba belonged to an antarābhava. At the Third Buddhist Council, … Continue reading Antarābhava and Gandhabba