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一切經音義 72.241

一切經音義 72.241

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閻浮提(或言剡浮洲或言譫浮洲或云贍部洲閻浮者從樹為名提者略也應言提鞞波此云洲譫音之合反)。

閻浮提 [Jambudvīpa] (Sometimes called 剡浮洲 [Jambu Continent], or 譫浮洲, or 贍部洲. 'Jambu' is named after the tree; 'dvīpa' is abbreviated here. It should properly be *dvīpa*, translated here as continent. 譫 is pronounced with the fanqie 之合 [zhī + hé, *zhān*]).

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