The continent to the north of Sumeru according to Buddhist cosmology. In the Abhidharmakośa, it is described as square in shape. Its human inhabitants enjoy a fixed lifespan of a thousand years and do not hold personal property or marry.
sgra mi snyan
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16 namesTibetan
བྱང་གི་སྒྲ་མི་སྙན་པ,སྒྲ་མི་སྙན,ཀུ་རུ,སྒྲ་ངན,ཀོའུ་ར་བ,བྱང་གི་སྒྲ་མི་སྙན
byang gi sgra mi snyan pa,sgra mi snyan,ku ru,sgra ngan,ko’u ra ba,byang gi sgra mi snyan
Sanskrit
kurava,uttarakuru,kourava,kuru,uttarakuru
English
Kurava,Kuru,Uttarakuru,Unpleasant Sound,Kourava