Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 閻浮提；インド（仏教宇宙観の中央大陸）

  • 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

    閻浮樹（ジャンブー、バラ色リンゴの木）

  2. dīpādīpa

    灯火；灯明；光

Encyclopedia

Jambudīpa
Other

  • シネール山を囲む仏教宇宙論の四大洲の一つで、そこに生えるとされる閻浮樹にちなんで名付けられ、ヒマラヤ山脈と人間の居住地がそれぞれ全体の約三分の一を占める。

  • 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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