Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


cosmology

  • Jambudīpa; l’Inde (le continent central de la cosmologie bouddhique)

  • 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

    pommier rose (jambu), l’arbre

  2. dīpādīpa

    lampe; lumière; flamme

Encyclopedia

  • L’un des quatre grands continents de la cosmologie bouddhique disposés autour du mont Sineru, nommé d’après le jambosier censé y pousser, la chaîne de l’Himalaya et les zones habitées occupant chacune environ un tiers de sa superficie.

  • 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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