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1. Jeffrey Hopkins Dictionary

Hopkins' Translations: eight small continents [of traditional Buddhist cosmology]
Sanskrit: {Rigzin} aṣṭa kṣudradvīpāni

Comment: There are eight smaller continents in Buddhist cosmology (gling phran brgyad) that, two each, are next to four large continents: In the center, is the monarch of mountains, ri rab (meru). The four continents and eight smaller continents are (1) shar lus 'phags po (videha), the eastern continent land of [those with] superior/large bodies with lus (deha) and lus 'phags (videha); (2) lho 'dzam bu gling (jambudvīpa), the southern continent Jambu-tree land with rnga yab (cāmara) and rnga yab gzhan (aparacāmara); (3) nub ba blang spyod (godanīya) the western continent land of using cattle with g.yo ldan (sāthā) and lam mchog 'gro (uttaramantriṇa); (4) byang sgra mi snyan (kuru), the northern continent land of unpleasant sound with sgra mi snyan (kurava) and sgra mi snyan kyi zla (kaurava). Surrounding all of these is an outer rim of iron mountains.

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2. Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary

Eight subcontinents. Smaller continents surrounding Mount Sumeru in pairs flanking each of the four continents: Deha and Videha, Chamara and Upachamara, Shatha and Uttara mantrina, Kurava and Kaurava

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the eight subcontinents. see གླིང་བཞི་པའི་ཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ཁམས་ for enumeration

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3. Ives Waldo Dictionary

8 subcontinents [Mount Meru kyi mtsams bzhir chad pa'i lus dang lus 'phags, rnga yab dang rnga yab gzhan, gyo ldan dang lam mchog 'gro, sgra mi snyan dang sgra mi snyan gyi zla

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8 subcontinents

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