Pāli Dictionary

uttarakuru

uttarastemkurustem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • the northern continent of Buddhist cosmology, a mythical paradise-like land, one of the four mahādīpas

Encyclopedia

Uttarakuru
Place

  • A mythical northern land described in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, whose inhabitants own no property, need not labor for food, and are ruled by the god Kuvera (Vessavaṇa).

DN 32

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