Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 잠부디파; 인도(불교 우주관의 중앙 대륙)

  • 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

    잠부 나무(로즈애플 나무)

  2. dīpādīpa

    등불; 등잔; 빛

Encyclopedia

Jambudīpa
Other

  • 시네루 산을 둘러싼 불교 우주론의 사대주 가운데 하나로, 그곳에 자란다는 염부수(閻浮樹)에서 이름을 따왔으며, 히말라야 산맥과 인간의 거주지가 각각 전체 면적의 약 삼분의 일을 차지한다.

  • 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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