84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལྷུན་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ལྷུན་པོ།

  • lhun po
  • meru
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  • Meru
  • ལྷུན་པོ།
  • lhun po
  • meru
Definition in this text:

Early Mahāyāna sūtras identify this as separate from Sumeru, the mountain at the center of the world. This refers to a legendary mountain in such epics as the Mahābhārata, which, while sacred, is not situated in the world’s center. This is presumably identical to the Mount Meru that is the source of one of the two main tributaries of the Ganges and lies within the territory of India.

  • Meru
  • ལྷུན་པོ།
  • lhun po
  • meru
Definition in this text:

Early Mahāyāna sūtras identify this as separate from Sumeru, the mountain at the center of the world. This refers to a legendary mountain in such epics as the Mahābhārata that while sacred is not situated at the world’s center.