Pāli Dictionary

uttarakuru

uttarastemkurustem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 北俱卢洲；佛教宇宙观四大洲之一，传说中的北方乐土

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

Encyclopedia

Uttarakuru
Place

  • Āṭānāṭiya Sutta 中描述的一处神话中的北方乐土，居民不占私产、无须劳作即得食，由天神俱吠罗（Kuvera，即毗沙门 Vessavaṇa）统治。

  • 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).

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