Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • the Rose-apple Continent; India; the central continent in Buddhist cosmology

  • SN 15.1

    ayaṃ me mātā, tassā me mātu ayaṃ mātā'ti, apariyādinnā'va bhikkhave, tassa purisassa mātumātaro assu, atha imasmiṃ jambudīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

jambūdīpā
  1. jambū

    the rose-apple tree (Syzygium jambos); its fruit

  2. dīpādīpa

    a lamp; light; flame

Encyclopedia

Jambudīpa
Other

  • One of the four great continents in Buddhist cosmology grouped around Mount Sineru, named after the rose-apple tree said to grow there, with the Himalayan range and human settlements each occupying roughly a third of its area.

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