Pāli Dictionary

pubbavideha

pubbastemvidehastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 仏教宇宙論における四大洲の一つ、須弥山の東方にある東勝身洲

  • 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

  • 仏教宇宙観で一つの世界系を構成する四大州のうち東方に位置し、転輪聖王が巡行の際に最初に訪れる州。

  • 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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