sineru

SineruMahāneruMeruSumeruHemameru

A mountain, forming the center of the world. MN.i.338 DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad. AN.iv.100

Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteristic being its unshakeability. Snp.683 It is also called Meru or Sumeru, Hemameru and Mahāneru.

Each Cakkavāla has its own Sineru, AN.i.227 AN.v.59 and a time comes when even Sineru is destroyed. SN.iii.149

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