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| − | [[九山八海]] The [[nine cakravāla]], or concentric {{Wiki|mountain ranges}} or continents, separated by eight seas, of a [[universe]]. [[Ashvakarna]], {{BigTibetan|[[རྟ་རྣ་ཅན]]}}; ([[rta rna can]]/) one of the seven [[mountains]] on top of [[Sumeru]] | + | [[九山八海]] The [[nine cakravāla]], or concentric {{Wiki|mountain ranges}} or continents, separated by [[eight seas]], of a [[universe]]. [[Ashvakarna]], {{BigTibetan|[[རྟ་རྣ་ཅན]]}}; ([[rta rna can]]/) one of the seven [[mountains]] on top of [[Sumeru]] |
The central mountain of the nine is: | The central mountain of the nine is: | ||
Latest revision as of 04:59, 2 April 2024
九山八海 The nine cakravāla, or concentric mountain ranges or continents, separated by eight seas, of a universe. Ashvakarna, རྟ་རྣ་ཅན; (rta rna can/) one of the seven mountains on top of Sumeru
The central mountain of the nine is:
Sumeru 須彌 and around it are the ranges
Khadiraka 佶提羅,
Īṣādhara 伊沙陀羅,
Yugaṃdhara 遊乾陀羅,
Sudarśaṇa 蘇達梨舍那,
Aśvakarṇa 安濕縛竭拏,
Nemiṃdhara 尼民陀羅,
Vinataka 毘那多迦,
Cakravāda 斫迦羅; v. 七金山.
The Abhidharma Kośa gives a different order:
Sumeru,
Yugaṃdhara,
Īṣādhara,
Khadiraka,
Sudarśana,
Aśvakarṇa,
Vinataka,
Nemiṃdhara, with an
"iron-wheel" mountain encompassing all; there are also differences in the detail.
