Pāli Dictionary

cakkavāḷa

cakkaprefixvāḷastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 세계체계, 윤위산(우주적 세계권)

  • 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

  • 시네루 산을 중심으로 산맥과 대양, 사대주로 둘러싸인 광대한 구조를 이루는 불교 우주론상 하나의 완전한 세계체계의 이름.

  • 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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