Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Jambudīpa; Indien (der zentrale Kontinent der buddhistischen Kosmologie)

  • 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

    Rosenapfelbaum (Jambu)

  2. dīpādīpa

    Lampe; Licht; Flamme

Encyclopedia

Jambudīpa
Other

  • Einer der vier großen Kontinente der buddhistischen Kosmologie rund um den Berg Sineru, benannt nach dem dort wachsenden Rosenapfelbaum, wobei das Himalaya-Gebirge und menschliche Siedlungen jeweils etwa ein Drittel seiner Fläche einnehmen.

  • 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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