- nub ba lang spyod/
- ID:
- T108037
- ནུབ་བ་ལང་སྤྱོད (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > nub ba lang spyod/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > nupwa langchö (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Other Dictionaries
1. Jeffrey Hopkins Dictionary
སྤྱད་སྤྱོད་སྤྱད་སྤྱོད་
Hopkins' Translations: the western continent of Godānīya
Sanskrit: aparagodānīya
Comment: In Buddhist cosmology there are four large continents, each of which has two smaller continents (gling phran brgyad) next to it: In the center, is the monarch of mountains, ri rab (meru). The four continents and eight smaller continents are (1) shar lus 'phags po (videha), the eastern continent land of [those with] superior/large bodies with lus (deha) and lus 'phags (videha); (2) lho 'dzam bu gling (jambudvīpa), the southern continent Jambu-tree land with rnga yab (cāmara) and rnga yab gzhan (aparacāmara); (3) nub ba blang spyod (godanīya) the western continent land of using cattle with g.yo ldan (sāthā) and lam mchog 'gro (uttaramantriṇa); (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.
- language:
- Tibetan