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Jambū¤dvīpa, Jambuparvata, Jambūkhaṇḍa : (m.): Name of a dvīpa (called Jambūkhaṇḍa 6. 12. 1, Jambuparvata 6. 12. 5).
A. Location: One of the four dvīpas which lie on the four sides of mount Meru, the other three being Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla, and Uttara Kurus (meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ/…tasya pārśve tv ime dvīpāś catvāraḥ saṁsthitāḥ prabho/… jambūdvīpaś ca) 6. 7. 8, 11; Jambūdvīpa to the south of Meru 6. 12. 21-25; a great (Jambū) tree, which had become famous on account of Jambūdvīpa, stands in its middle (jampūdvīpena vikhyātas tasya madhye mahādrumaḥ) 6. 12. 25.
B. Name explained: The Dvīpa is named after the great, ancient Jambū tree, called Sudarśana, which stands on it (sudarśano nāma mahāñ jambūvṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ/…tasya nāmnā samākhyāto jambūdvīpaḥ sanātanaḥ) 6. 8. 18-19.
C. Extent: Described by Saṁjaya for Dhṛtarāṣṭra 6. 12. 1; in extent it was a full eighteen thousand and six hundred yojanas (aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ viśāṁ pate/ṣaṭśatāni ca pūrṇāni viṣkambho jambuparvataḥ)// 6. 12. 5 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 6. 11. 5: viṣkambhaś caturdalakamalākārasya jambūdvīpasya patrāntaparidhiḥ tādṛśavistāra eva piṇḍapramāṇam antarbhāvya parvatākṛtitvāj jambūparvata ity ucyate); its circular extent spread over many yojanas (maṇḍalaṁ bahuyojanam) 6. 1. 9; the Śākadvīpa is double the size of Jambūdvīpa 6. 12. 9; its extent sometimes identified with Bhāratavarṣa (yāvat…jambūdvīpasya maṇḍalam/tāvad eva samāvṛttaṁ balaṁ…) 6. 1. 8.
D. Description: Ancient (sanātana) 6. 8. 18; the salty ocean which encircles it (sāgaraḥ parimṇḍalaḥ) is double the extent of the Jambūdvīpa; the Jambūdvīpa is full of many Janapadas (nānājanapadākīrṇa) and is adorned with jewels and corals and by mountains which shine with many minerals (maṇividrumacitritaḥ/naikadhātuvicitraiś ca parvatair upaśobhitaḥ); it is resorted to by Siddhas and Cāraṇas 6. 12. 6-7; (nānājanapadāyuta) 12. 14. 21; 14. 87. 13; Krauñcadvīpa is similar to Jambūdvīpa 12. 14. 22.
E. Characteristics:
(1) Used as a measure of time: as much as it rains in the Jambūdvīpa (i. e. the total number of drops of rain) for a thousand years, so long a person who fasts for a month eating only once on the last day lives in the Brahmaloka 13. 110. 121, 128;
(2) Many kinds of jewels go from Jambūdvīpa to the other Dvīpas for the people living there (jambūdvīpāt pravartante ratnāni vividhāny uta/dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu prajānāṁ…// 6. 13. 26.
F. Epic events:
(1) The army for the great war was drawn from the entire Jambūdvīpa (yāvat tapati sūryo hi jambūdvīpasya maṇḍalam/tāvad eva samāvṛttaṁ balam) 6. 1. 8;
(2) Draupadī reminded Yudhiṣṭhira that he had formerly overpowered the entire Jambūdvīpa 12. 14. 21;
(3) In the Aśvamedha sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira, the entire Jambūdvīpa had gathered (jambūdvīpo hi sakalo …adṛśyataikastho…) 14. 87. 13.
G. Past event: Nala became famous throughout Jambūdvīpa when he again became the king of Niṣadhas (prakāśatāṁ yāto jambudvīpa) 3. 78. 4.
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Jambū¤dvīpa, Jambuparvata, Jambūkhaṇḍa : (m.): Name of a dvīpa (called Jambūkhaṇḍa 6. 12. 1, Jambuparvata 6. 12. 5).
A. Location: One of the four dvīpas which lie on the four sides of mount Meru, the other three being Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla, and Uttara Kurus (meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ/…tasya pārśve tv ime dvīpāś catvāraḥ saṁsthitāḥ prabho/… jambūdvīpaś ca) 6. 7. 8, 11; Jambūdvīpa to the south of Meru 6. 12. 21-25; a great (Jambū) tree, which had become famous on account of Jambūdvīpa, stands in its middle (jampūdvīpena vikhyātas tasya madhye mahādrumaḥ) 6. 12. 25.
B. Name explained: The Dvīpa is named after the great, ancient Jambū tree, called Sudarśana, which stands on it (sudarśano nāma mahāñ jambūvṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ/…tasya nāmnā samākhyāto jambūdvīpaḥ sanātanaḥ) 6. 8. 18-19.
C. Extent: Described by Saṁjaya for Dhṛtarāṣṭra 6. 12. 1; in extent it was a full eighteen thousand and six hundred yojanas (aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ viśāṁ pate/ṣaṭśatāni ca pūrṇāni viṣkambho jambuparvataḥ)// 6. 12. 5 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 6. 11. 5: viṣkambhaś caturdalakamalākārasya jambūdvīpasya patrāntaparidhiḥ tādṛśavistāra eva piṇḍapramāṇam antarbhāvya parvatākṛtitvāj jambūparvata ity ucyate); its circular extent spread over many yojanas (maṇḍalaṁ bahuyojanam) 6. 1. 9; the Śākadvīpa is double the size of Jambūdvīpa 6. 12. 9; its extent sometimes identified with Bhāratavarṣa (yāvat…jambūdvīpasya maṇḍalam/tāvad eva samāvṛttaṁ balaṁ…) 6. 1. 8.
D. Description: Ancient (sanātana) 6. 8. 18; the salty ocean which encircles it (sāgaraḥ parimṇḍalaḥ) is double the extent of the Jambūdvīpa; the Jambūdvīpa is full of many Janapadas (nānājanapadākīrṇa) and is adorned with jewels and corals and by mountains which shine with many minerals (maṇividrumacitritaḥ/naikadhātuvicitraiś ca parvatair upaśobhitaḥ); it is resorted to by Siddhas and Cāraṇas 6. 12. 6-7; (nānājanapadāyuta) 12. 14. 21; 14. 87. 13; Krauñcadvīpa is similar to Jambūdvīpa 12. 14. 22.
E. Characteristics:
(1) Used as a measure of time: as much as it rains in the Jambūdvīpa (i. e. the total number of drops of rain) for a thousand years, so long a person who fasts for a month eating only once on the last day lives in the Brahmaloka 13. 110. 121, 128;
(2) Many kinds of jewels go from Jambūdvīpa to the other Dvīpas for the people living there (jambūdvīpāt pravartante ratnāni vividhāny uta/dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu prajānāṁ…// 6. 13. 26.
F. Epic events:
(1) The army for the great war was drawn from the entire Jambūdvīpa (yāvat tapati sūryo hi jambūdvīpasya maṇḍalam/tāvad eva samāvṛttaṁ balam) 6. 1. 8;
(2) Draupadī reminded Yudhiṣṭhira that he had formerly overpowered the entire Jambūdvīpa 12. 14. 21;
(3) In the Aśvamedha sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira, the entire Jambūdvīpa had gathered (jambūdvīpo hi sakalo …adṛśyataikastho…) 14. 87. 13.
G. Past event: Nala became famous throughout Jambūdvīpa when he again became the king of Niṣadhas (prakāśatāṁ yāto jambudvīpa) 3. 78. 4.
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