ལུས་འཕགས

JH-ENG, JH-OE, IW, RY

Videha

JH-OE

{Das} eastern continent; n. of Mithila, or Thirhut; {Rigzin} *

JH-SKT, JH-C

videha

OT

[2795] shar lus 'phags po'i lho na yod pa'i gling g.yog ste gling phran brgyad kyi ya gyal zhig ...

JH-C

Comment: This is one of the eight smaller continents of Buddhist cosmology (gling phran brgyad) that, two each, are next to four large continents: In the center, is the monarch of mountains, ri rab (meru). The four continents and eight smaller continents are (1) shar lus 'phags po (*), the eastern continent "land of [those with] superior/large bodies" with lus (deha) and lus 'phags (*); 

(2) ལྷོ་འཛམ་བུ་གླིང(jambudvIpa), the southern continent "Jambu-tree land" with rnga yab (cAmara) and rnga yab gzhan (aparacAmara); (3) nub ba blang spyod (godanIya) the western continent "land of using cattle" with g.yo ldan (sAthA) and lam mchog 'gro (uttaramantriNa); (4) byang sgra mi snyan (kuru), the northern continent "land of unpleasant sound" with sgra mi snyan (kurava) and sgra mi snyan kyi zla (kaurava). Surrounding all of these is an outer rim of iron mountains.

JV

majestic body island, 1 of གླིང་ཕྲན་བརྒྱད

IW

Sublime in body GD * (E continent*

RY

Majestic Body; one of གླིང་བཞིthe four continents. Sublime in Body. *

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