Pāli Dictionary

uttarakuru

uttarastemkurustem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 北俱盧洲；佛教宇宙觀四大洲之一，傳說中的北方樂土

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

Encyclopedia

Uttarakuru
Place

  • Āṭānāṭiya Sutta 中描述的一處神話中的北方樂土，居民不佔私產、無須勞作即得食，由天神俱吠羅（Kuvera，即毗沙門 Vessavaṇa）統治。

  • 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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