Active Oxen Apara Godania (western continent); continent of Cow Enjoyment, Enjoying Cow products, [the western continent, Godamirga, Aparagodaamuuya. {nub ba lang spyod} the western continent Enjoying Cow-product. Syn {ba glang spyod}
Bountiful Cow; one of {gling bzhi} the four continents
Godānīya 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.
<place> Aparagodānīya, Godānīya, Western Continent