Pāli Dictionary

pubbavideha

pubbastemvidehastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 東勝身洲；佛教宇宙觀四大洲之一，位於須彌山東方

  • 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

  • 佛教宇宙觀中構成一個世界系的四大洲之一，位於東方，是轉輪聖王巡行時首先造訪的大洲。

  • 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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