Dear Thomas,
Op 28-jul-2009, om 5:06 heeft thomaslaw03 het volgende geschreven:

> I am told that in Buddhist legend the heaven of the Thirty-three
> gods is located on the top of Mount Sineru (Sumeru); asuras live in
> the area at the foot of the mountain; and the Four Great Kings
> reside on each side of the mountain. But I do not see this
> information in the Sakka Samyutta.
>
> This Samyutta has no mention of Monut Sineru, but does mention the
> wars between asuras and Sakka, and the haven of the Four Great
> Kings. I may overlook the text. Does anyone know which Pali text
> (s) records the legend of Monut Sineru (in connection to the Thirty-
> three gods)?

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N: For info see Buddhist Proper Names, Rob K has this on his web:
http://www.vipassana.info/s/sineru.htm:
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Sineru

A mountain, forming the centre of the world. It is submerged in the
sea to a depth of eighty four thousand yojanas and rises above the
surface to the same height. It is surrounded by seven mountain ranges -

1. Yugandhara,
2. Isadhara,
3. Karavīka,
4. Sudassana,
5. Nemindhara,
6. Vinataka and
7. Assakanna

(SNA.ii.443; Sp.i.119; Vsm.206; cp. Mtu.ii.300; Dvy.217; it is eighty
thousand leagues broad, A.iv.100).

On the top of Sineru is Tāvatimsa (SNA.ii.485f), while at its foot is
the Asurabhavana of ten thousand leagues; in the middle are the four
Mahādīpā with their two thousand smaller dīpā. (The Asurabhavana
was not originally there, but sprang up by the power of the Asuras
when they were thrown down from Tāvatimsa, DhA.i.272; see, e.g.,
SNA.i.201).

Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteristic being its
un-shake ability (sutthuthapita) (E.g., SN. vs.683). It is also
called Meru or Sumeru (E.g., Cv.xlii.2), Hemameru (E.g., Cv.xxxii.79)
and Mahāneru (M.i.338; also Neru, J.iii.247).

Each Cakkavāla has its own Sineru (A.i.227; v.59), and a time comes
when even Sineru is destroyed (S.iii.149).
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Nina.



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