Meru

mēru meru English Etymology 1 en sa मेरु Mēru Mount + Proper noun en mythology religion 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. Usage notes Usually preceded by en Mount. en Sumeru is the same name, prefixed by su- ("splendid, wonderful"), but is sometimes used to distinguish the Buddhist traditions regarding the mountain from the Hindu and Jainistic ones. Synonyms mountain abode of gods in Buddhist, Hindu and Jainistic traditions en Mount Meru, en Sumeru Translations abode Burmese: my မြင်းမိုရ်, my မြင်းမိုရ်တောင် Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 須彌山 Hindi: hi मेरु m, hi मेरु पर्वत m, hi सुमेरु m, hi हेमाद्रि m, hi रत्नसानु m, hi सुरालय m Japanese: ja 須弥山 Khmer: km ភ្នំព្រះសុមេរុ Korean: ko 수미산(須彌山) Lao: lo ສະເໝນ, lo ສິເນຣຸ, lo ສຸເມຣຸ, lo ສເມນ, lo ເມນ Marathi: mr मेरू m Pali: pi Meru Sanskrit: sa मेरु Shan: shn လွႆသဝ်မိူင်း Tamil: ta மகா மேரு பருவதம் Thai: th เขาพระสุเมรุ Tibetan: bo ཪི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རི་རབ་ Vietnamese: vi Núi Tu-di Etymology 2 From en mer Ameru + people + language Proper noun en proper noun The Ameru people of Kenya. The Ameru language. en region/and/county c/Kenya where the Ameru people live. Derived terms en Meruland Further reading mer Etymology 3 Mount + (Tanzania) Proper noun en proper noun en usually with "Mount" en mountain r/Arusha c/Tanzania. en 2009 Dale C. Williams Leadership and Leadership Development in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania: An Investigation into Patterns and Processes in the Meru Diocese 9 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JEMg096U8W4C&pg=PA9&dq=%22Meru%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Meru%22&f=false It was in 1902, six years after the killings, however, that a church and school were built near Akeri, specifically at Nkoaranga on the slopes of Mount Meru (Baroin 1995, 3). A people of northern Tanzania, of the Arumeru district of Arusha region. Synonyms mountain in Tanzania en Mount Meru Etymology 4 + Peak Proper noun en proper noun en usually with "Peak" A mountain in the Indian section of the Himalayas. Synonyms mountain in India en Meru Peak Anagrams en emru mure Reum en Languages Hinduism