The Idea of the Anavatapta Lake in India and Its Adoption in East Asia

This article centers around the Anavatapta Lake. In East Asian pictorialization of worldview, Maps of Mt. Sumeru, which depict the mountain at the core of the world, are often paired with Maps of India, in which the Anavatapta Lake occupies a significant place. When the concept of the Anavatapta Lak...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Gao, Yang (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B Anavatapta Lake
B Illustrated Life of Xuanzang (Genjō sanzō-e)
B Da Tang Xiyuji (Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions)
B Buddhist cosmology
B munecchi
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