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'''Purvavideha''' (Skt. ''Pūrvavideha''; Tib. [[ཤར་གྱི་ལུས་འཕགས་]], ''Lüpakpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''lus 'phags po''; Eng. 'Surpassing the Body') — one of the [[four continents]] situated to the East of [[Mount Meru]]. It is semi-circular in shape and white in colour, and flanked by the two subcontinents of Deha (Skt.; Tib. ''Lü'', Wyl. ''lus'') and Videha (Skt.; Tib. ''Lüpak'', Wyl. ''lus 'phags''). [[Human beings]] who live there are twice as tall as us and have semi-circular faces; peaceful and vegetarian, they enjoy long and pleasurable lives (250 years) but devoid of any true [[Dharma]]. The principal attribute of this continent is its jewel mountain made of diamonds, lapis lazuli, sapphires, emeralds, pearls, gold, silver and crystal.

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