Mount Meru (Buddhism)

Translations of
Mount Meru
EnglishWonderful Meru
Khmerភ្នំព្រះសុមេរុ
(Phnom Preah So Mae)
Glossary of Buddhism

Mount Meru (also Sumeru (Sanskrit) or Sineru (Pāli) or Kangrinboqe/Kailash) is the name of the central world-mountain in Buddhist cosmology. Etymologically, the proper name of the mountain is Meru (Pāli Meru), to which is added the approbatory prefix su-, resulting in the meaning "excellent Meru" or "wonderful Meru".

The concept of Sumeru is closely related to the central Mount Meru of Hindu cosmology, but it differs from the Hindu concept in several particulars.

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