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[[Image:Four Continents.jpg|frame|A representation of our [[world]] system with Jambudvipa pictured at the bottom centre of the image.]]
[[Image:Four Continents.jpg|frame|A representation of our [[world]] system with Jambudvipa pictured at the bottom centre of the image.]]
'''Jambudvipa''' (Skt. ''Jambudvīpa''; Tib. [[འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་]], ''Dzambuling''; [[Wyl.]] ''‘dzam bu gling'') — one of the [[four continents]], which is situated to the south of [[Mount Meru]]. Its shape is trapezoidal or resembling the shape of an axe-head. It is the human world in which we live.  
'''Jambudvipa''' (Skt. ''Jambudvīpa''; Tib. [[འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་]], ''Dzambuling'', [[Wyl.]] ''‘dzam bu gling'') — one of the [[four continents]], which is situated to the south of [[Mount Meru]]. Its shape is trapezoidal or resembling the shape of an axe-head. It is the human world in which we live.  


“Since this continent is adorned by [a ''jambu''/Jambubriksha] tree, it is known as the 'Continent of Jambu', or Jambudvipa. The jambu tree is presumed by some to be the rose-apple tree (''Eugenia jambolana''). More recent scholarship suggests that it may be a variety of plum. However, legend says that only one jambu tree exists, which is not visible to ordinary persons but only to enlightened beings.”<ref>''Myriad Worlds'', footnote 16, page 266.</ref>
“Since this continent is adorned by [a ''jambu''/Jambubriksha] tree, it is known as the 'Continent of Jambu', or Jambudvipa. The jambu tree is presumed by some to be the rose-apple tree (''Eugenia jambolana''). More recent scholarship suggests that it may be a variety of plum. However, legend says that only one jambu tree exists, which is not visible to ordinary persons but only to enlightened beings.”<ref>''Myriad Worlds'', footnote 16, page 266.</ref>
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Revision as of 09:03, 21 August 2017

A representation of our world system with Jambudvipa pictured at the bottom centre of the image.

Jambudvipa (Skt. Jambudvīpa; Tib. འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་, Dzambuling, Wyl. ‘dzam bu gling) — one of the four continents, which is situated to the south of Mount Meru. Its shape is trapezoidal or resembling the shape of an axe-head. It is the human world in which we live.

“Since this continent is adorned by [a jambu/Jambubriksha] tree, it is known as the 'Continent of Jambu', or Jambudvipa. The jambu tree is presumed by some to be the rose-apple tree (Eugenia jambolana). More recent scholarship suggests that it may be a variety of plum. However, legend says that only one jambu tree exists, which is not visible to ordinary persons but only to enlightened beings.”[1]

Alternative Translations

  • the Rose-Apple Continent
  • Continent/Island of Jambu

Notes

  1. Myriad Worlds, footnote 16, page 266.

Further Reading

  • Jamgön Kongtrul, Myriad Worlds (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 112-113 & 131-134, ISBN 978-1559391887