Pāli Dictionary

aparagoyāna

aparaprefixgoyānastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 서우화주(西牛貨洲); 불교 우주론의 사대주 중 하나, 수미산 서쪽에 있는 대륙

  • 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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  • 전통 우주론상 사대주 가운데 하나로, 수미산 서쪽에 위치하며 집 없이 땅바닥에서 잠자는 사람들이 사는 곳이다.

  • 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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