84000 Glossary of Terms

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གསེར་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

  • གསེར་གནས།

  • gser gnas
  • suvarṇabhūmi
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  • Golden Island
  • གསེར་གནས།
  • gser gnas
  • suvarṇabhūmi
Definition in this text:

According to some this may be an ancient name for the island of Sumatra. There has been a long debate about this toponym and which country or region in South or Southeast Asia it refers to, but so far no scholarly consensus has been reached.