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# 釋氏要覽 3.342

釋氏要覽 3.342

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.342](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.342)

又云。剡部即此洲名在彌盧山南。故稱南閻浮提。長阿含經云。由閻浮提樹得名也。

> Also called Shàn-bù; this is the name of this continent, located south of Mount Meru; hence it is called Southern Jambudvīpa. The Dīrghāgama says: It takes its name from the jambu tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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