one of the 三土 three kinds of lands, or realms; it is any land or realm whose inhabitants are subject to reincarnation; any land which a Buddha is converting, or one in which is the transformed body of a Buddha. These lands are of two kinds, pure like the Tusita heaven, and vile or unclean like this world. Tiantai defines thehuatuor the transformation realm of Amitābha as the Pure-land of the West, but other schools speak ofhuatuas the realm on which depends thenirmāṇakāya, with varying definitions.