ལྷོ་འཛམ་བུ་གླིང

JH-ENG

the southern continent of JambudvIpa; the Indian subcontinent; the world

JH-T, JV

འཛམ་གླིང

JH-SKT

jambu-dvIpa

JH-ST, JH-C

འཛམ་བུ་གླིང

JH-C

Comment: In Buddhist cosmology there are four large continents, each of which has two smaller continents ( གླིང་ཕྲན་བརྒྱད) next to it: In the center, is the monarch of mountains, ri rab (meru). The four continents and eight smaller continents are 

(1) ཤར་ལུས་འཕགས་པོ (videha), the eastern continent "land of [those with] superior/large bodies" with lus (deha) and ལུས་འཕགས(videha); 

(2) lho * (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

continent of * in the south

RY

Jambudvipa in the south

ལྷོའཛམ་བུ་གླིང