Pāli Dictionary

aparagoyāna

aparaprefixgoyānastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 西牛貨洲（アパラゴーヤーナ）；仏教宇宙論における四大洲の一つ、須弥山の西方にある大陸

  • 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.

Encyclopedia

Aparagoyāna
Other

  • 伝統的な宇宙観における四大陸の一つで、須弥山の西方に位置し、家を持たず地面に寝る人間たちが住んでいる。

  • 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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