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'''Four attributes of the four continents''' — each of the [[four continents]] belonging to one [[world]] system is endowed with a specific attribute:

#the jewel mountain (Tib. ''rinpoche riwo'') is the main attribute of Purva Videha
#the wish-fulfilling tree (Tib. ''pak sam gyi shing'') is the main attribute of [[Jambudvipa]]
#the wish-fulfilling cows (Tib. ''dö jö ba'') are the main attributes of Aparagodaniya
#the harvest which need no sowing (Tib. ''ma mö pé lo tok'') is the main attribute of Uttarakura

==Alternative Translations==
#the mountain of jewels/precious gems, the precious mountain
#the grove of wish-fulfilling trees
#the bountiful cow, the herd of wish-fulfilling cows, the inexhaustible bountiful cow
#the spontaneous harvest, the self-ripening crops, the harvest which grows without cultivation

==Further Reading==
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''Myriad Worlds'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 110-113. 

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