Pāli Dictionary

cakkavāḷa

cakkaprefixvāḷastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 世界系、輪囲山（宇宙的な一世界の範囲）

  • a world-system; the encircling ring of mountains bounding a world; cosmic sphere (solar system)

  • DN 16

    cattālīsa samā dantā, kesā lomā ca sabbaso, devā hariṃsu ek'ekaṃ, cakkavāḷaparamparā'ti.

Encyclopedia

Cakkavāḷa
Other

  • 須弥山（スィネル山）を中心とし、山脈・大海・四大洲に囲まれた広大な構造をなす、仏教宇宙論における全世界体系の名称。

  • The name for an entire world-system in Buddhist cosmology, a vast structure centered on Mount Sineru and encircled by mountain ranges, oceans, and the four great continents.

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