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Mount Meru (Buddhism)
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thumb|Bhutanese thangka of Mount Meru and the Buddhist universe, 19th century
Mount Meru (also Sumeru (Sanskrit) or Sineru (Pāli) or Kangrinboqe) is the name of the central world-mountain in Buddhist cosmology.
Quotes
He was like Mount Sumeru, king of mountains, rising up out of the great sea.
About Gautama Buddha, Vimalakirti Sutra, as translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press, 2000, ISBN: 0231106572.
External links
Mount Meru (mythology)
Painting of Sumeru found in Buddhist cave sanctuary in Xinjiang
Mount Meru According to the Abhidharmakośa (Huntington Archive) Stūpa as Mount Meru (ibid.)
Category:Buddhist mythology
Category:Mountains