Pāli Dictionary
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.
Encyclopedia
Jambudīpa
OtherL’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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