[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c36.2678 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2678 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2678 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.2678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2678) \*\*Sineru.\*\*—A mountain, forming the centre of the world. It is submerged in the sea to a depth of eighty-four thousand yojanas and rises above the surface to the same height. It is surrounded by seven mountain ranges—Yugandhara, Isadhara, Karavīka, Sudassana, Nemindhara, Vinataka and Assakaṇṇa.¹ On the top of Sineru is Tāvatiṃsa,² while at its foot is the Asurabhavana³ of ten thousand leagues; in the middle are the four Mahādīpā with their two thousand smaller dīpā. - [Previous: v2.c36.2677](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2677) - [Next: v2.c36.2679](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2679) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2678) · Pramāṇa