Pāli Dictionary

jambudīpa

jambustemdīpastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 閻浮提；贍部洲；印度（佛教宇宙觀中的中央大洲）

  • 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

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jambūdīpā
  1. jambū

    閻浮樹；蒲桃（一種果樹，音譯作閻浮）

  2. dīpādīpa

    燈；燈火；光明

Encyclopedia

Jambudīpa
Other

  • 閻浮提，佛教宇宙觀中環繞須彌山的四大洲之一，因洲上生長的閻浮樹而得名，喜馬拉雅山脈與人類居住區域約各佔其三分之一面積。

  • 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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