Asurabhavana
Please consider making little donation to help us expand the encyclopedia and pay for our server costs because as a Buddhist monk I don't have money and struggling to pay the server costs. Enjoy your readings here and have a wonderful day!
or card
PLEASE HELP
EVERY LITTLE DONATION MATTERS
Asurabhavana On the top of Sineru is Távatimsa (SNA.ii.485f), while at its foot is the Asurabhavana of ten thousand leagues; in the middle are the four Mahádípá with their two thousand smaller dípá. (The Asurabhavana was not originally there, but sprang up by the power of the Asuras when they were thrown down from Távatimsa, DhA.i.272; see, e.g., SNA.i.201).
Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteristic being its un-shakeability (sutthuthapita) (E.g., SN. vs.683). It is also called Meru or Sumeru (E.g., Cv.xlii.2), Hemameru (E.g., Cv.xxxii.79) and Maháneru (M.i.338; also Neru, J.iii.247).