Meru en · PROPN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Sanskrit मेरु (Mēru)
Meanings
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(usually, with "Mount") The abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.
2003, J. Dina Bagdel, John C. Huntington Buddhist Cosmology: Environment of Meditative Transformation: Mount Meru, John C. Huntington, Dina Bangdel, Robert A. F. Thurman, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, page 66, Buddhist realizations and transformations take place in a sacred meditational space known as Mount Meru, or Sumeru. In Western-language literature, the Mount Meru system is often construed as the "Buddhist universe," but this description is misleading as it implies a singular phenomenon. The Mount Meru system is indeed an expression of Buddhist cosmology, but it describes structure of the cosmos.
2013, Eric Huntington, Portrait of a Landscape: Depictions of the Meru Cosmos in Buddhist Art & Culture, Dissertation, University of Chicago.
Synonyms
Mount Meru (mountain abode of gods in Buddhist, Hindu and Jainistic traditions) · Sumeru (mountain abode of gods in Buddhist, Hindu and Jainistic traditions)
Translations (25)
cmn 須彌山 /须弥山 (abode) · ko 수미산 (abode) · vi Núi Tu-di (abode) · lo ສິເນຣຸ (abode) · shn လွႆသဝ်မိူင်း (abode) · th เขาพระสุเมรุ (abode) · hi सुरालय (abode) · ja 須弥山 (abode) · ta மகா மேரு பருவதம் (abode) · bo ཪི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རི་རབ་ (abode) · lo ເມນ (abode) · lo ສເມນ (abode) · mr मेरू (abode) · hi सुमेरु (abode) · my မြင်းမိုရ်တောင် (abode) · lo ສຸເມຣຸ (abode) · pi Meru (abode) · km ភ្នំព្រះសុមេរុ (abode) · hi मेरु (abode) · my မြင်းမိုရ် (abode) · lo ສະເໝນ (abode) · sa मेरु (abode) · hi रत्नसानु (abode) · hi मेरु पर्वत (abode) · hi हेमाद्रि (abode)