Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


cosmology

  • 阎浮提;赡部洲;印度(佛教宇宙观中的中央大洲)

  • 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

    阎浮树;蒲桃(一种果树,音译作阎浮)

  2. dīpādīpa

    灯;灯火;光明

Encyclopedia

  • 阎浮提,佛教宇宙观中环绕须弥山的四大洲之一,因洲上生长的阎浮树而得名,喜马拉雅山脉与人类居住区域约各占其三分之一面积。

  • 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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