九山八海

The nine cakravāla, or concentric mountain ranges or continents, separated by eight seas, of a universe. The central mountain of the nine is Sumeru [lang id =1028]須彌 and around it are the ranges Khadiraka [lang id =1028]佶提羅, Īṣādhara [lang id =1028]伊沙陀羅, Yugaṃdhara [lang id =1028]遊乾陀羅, Sudarśaṇa [lang id =1028]蘇達梨舍那, Aśvakarṇa [lang id =1028]安濕縛竭拏, Nemiṃdhara [lang id =1028]尼民陀羅, Vinataka [lang id =1028]毘那多迦, Cakravāda [lang id =1028]斫迦羅; v. [lang id =1028]七金山. The Abhidharma Kośa gives a different order: Sumeru, Yugaṃdhara, Īṣādhara, Khadiraka, Sudarśana, Aśvakarṇa, Vinataka, Nemiṃdhara, with an "iron-wheel" mountain encompassing all; there are also differences in the detail.

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指以須彌山為中心的九山八海。 在須彌山的周圍， 有遊乾陀羅等八大山， 成列迴繞， 而山與山之間， 又各有一海水， 一共就是九山八海。