Pāli Dictionary

pubbavideha

pubbastemvidehastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • le continent oriental de la cosmologie bouddhique, l’un des quatre grands continents entourant le mont Sineru

  • the eastern continent of Buddhist cosmology, one of the four mahādīpas surrounding Mount Sineru

  • AN 3.80

    tasmiṃ sahassadhā loke sahassaṃ candānaṃ, sahassaṃ sūriyānaṃ, sahassaṃ sinerupabbatarājānaṃ, sahassaṃ jambudīpānaṃ, sahassaṃ aparagoyānānaṃ, sahassaṃ uttarakurūnaṃ, sahassaṃ pubbavidehānaṃ… ayaṃ vuccat'ānanda, sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu.

Encyclopedia

Pubbavideha
Other

  • Le continent oriental parmi les quatre continents formant un système-monde dans la cosmologie bouddhique, le premier visité par un monarque universel lors de sa tournée.

  • The eastern of the four continents that make up a world-system in Buddhist cosmology, the first visited by a wheel-turning monarch on his tour.

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