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Yugandhara

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One of the mountain ranges encircling Mount Sineru in the Himavā, over which the Buddha’s first stride passed on his way to Tāvatiṃsa and behind which the sun is said to rise.

One of the mountains of the Himavā (J.i.119, 232; iv.213; vi.125; DhA.i.249; Vism.206). It forms the first of the seven ranges round Sineru (SNA, ii.443; but according to J.vi.125 it is the fourth range).

A Yugandharasāgara (e.g., J.i.64; vi.43) is also sometimes mentioned, and was probably a sea between Yugandhara and the next mountain range. When the Buddha reached Tāvatiṃsa in three strides, his first stride was from the earth to Yugandhara (DhA.iii.216). It was on the summit of Yugandhara that Assagutta convened an assembly of the monks in order to discuss their plan of campaign against Milinda (Mil.p.6). The sun is mentioned as first rising over Yugandhara (e.g., SA.ii.165), hence the expression “Like the morning sun over Yugandhara.” e.g. PvA.137.

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