Pāli Dictionary

aparagoyāna

aparaprefixgoyānastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Aparagoyāna; l’un des quatre grands continents de la cosmologie bouddhique, situé à l’ouest du mont Sineru

  • Aparagoyāna, the western continent of Buddhist cosmology, one of the four great continents (mahādīpa) lying west of Mount Sineru

  • AN 3.80

    tasmiṃ sahassadhā loke sahassaṃ candānaṃ, sahassaṃ sūriyānaṃ, sahassaṃ sinerupabbatarājānaṃ, sahassaṃ jambudīpānaṃ, sahassaṃ aparagoyānānaṃ, sahassaṃ uttarakurūnaṃ, sahassaṃ pubbavidehānaṃ… ayaṃ vuccat'ānanda, sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu.

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Aparagoyāna
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  • L’un des quatre grands continents de la cosmologie traditionnelle, situé à l’ouest du mont Sineru, habité par des humains qui dorment à même le sol sans maisons.

  • One of the four great continents of traditional cosmology, lying to the west of Mount Sineru, inhabited by humans who sleep on the ground without houses.

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