masculine
the central continent, India (named for a giant jambu tree ( or for its abundance of jambu trees))
<b> <c c="#a00149">Jambudīpa</c> </b> <br>Greater India. One of the four Mahādīpas, or great continents. They are grouped round Mount Sineru. In Jambudīpa is Himavā with its eighty-four thousand peaks, its lakes, mountain ranges, etc. This continent derives its name from the Jambū-tree which grows there, its trunk fifteen yojanas in girth, its outspreading branches fifty yojanas in length, its shade one hundred yojanas in extent and its height one hundred yojanas. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.30</c> On account of this tree, Jambudīpa is also known as Jambusanda. <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.552</c> <br>At the time of Metteyya Buddha’s appearance on earth Jambudīpa will be pervaded by mankind even as a jungle is by reeds and rushes. There will be eighty-four thousand cities with Ketumatī at the head. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.75</c> <br>The Buddha once declared that the people of Jambudīpa excel those of both Uttarakuru and Tāvatiṃsā in three respects—courage, mindfulness and religious life. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.396</c> <br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/India">India</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: continent)<br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, comp) India; name of the central continent in Buddhist cosmology country of the rose-apples; i.e. India [lit.] rose-apple land Construction: jambu + dīpa