此大地之總名。此地中央有贍部樹，以樹名洲。又贍部樹Jambū，下生好金，名為贍部檀金，以此金名洲。舊作剡浮洲，閻浮提洲Jambudvipa等。一洲分四主，雪山以南為象主，以多出象也，以北為馬主，以多出馬也，以西為寶主，以多出寶也，以東為人主，以人文最備也。統此四主者名為輪王。玄應音義二十三曰：「贍部洲，從樹為名，舊言剡浮，或云閻浮，皆一也。」慧琳音義五曰：「贍部洲，此大地之總名也，因金因樹立此名。」釋迦方誌上曰：「右翻此洲云好金地，謂閻浮檀金在洲北海岸中，金光浮出海上，其傍有閻浮樹林，其果極大，得神力者方至於彼。又此一洲四主所統。」
Jambudvīpa. Name of the southern of the four great continents, said to be of triangular shape, and to be called after the shape of the leaf of an immense Jambu-tree on Mount Meru, or after fine gold that is found below the tree. It is divided into four parts: south of the Himālayas by the lord of elephants, because of their number; north by the lord of horses; west by the lord of jewels; east by the lord of men. This seems to imply a region larger than India, and Eitel includes in Jambudvīpa the following countries around the Anavatapta lake and the Himālayas. North: Huns, Uigurs, Turks. East: China, Corea, Japan, and some islands. South: Northern India with twenty-seven kingdoms, Eastern India ten kingdoms, Southern India fifteen kingdoms, Central India thirty kingdoms. West: Thirty-four kingdoms.
上時染反梵語也此大地之惣名古譯或云譫浮或云琰浮或云閻浮提或云琰浮利正云[弓*替]謨立世阿毘曇論云有贍部樹生此洲北邊泥民陀羅河南岸正當洲之中心北臨水上於此樹下水底有贍部黃金樹因金而得名洲因樹而立號故名憺部洲譫音之[芸/木]反[弓*替]音蠶覽反
常焰反南洲也舊名閻浮提訛也義如前第一卷中已具釋下三洲准此
瑜伽二卷十二頁云：又贍部洲、循其邊際，有輪王路，真金所成。如四大王天有情膝量，沒住大海。若輪王出世；如彼膝量，海水減焉。又無熱池南，有一大樹，名為贍部。是故此洲、從彼得名。