Jambudvīpa
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thumb|The Prakrit name Jambudīpasi [[Pali Brahmi name 𑀚𑀀𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀺 (Sanskrit "Jambudvīpa") for "India" in the Sahasram Minor Rock Edict of Ashoka, circa 250 BCE (Brahmi script)]] Jambudvīpa () is a term for the Indian Subcontinent, often used in ancient Indian sources.
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- In Hinduism
- In Buddhism
- In Jainism
- Architecture
- Jambudvipa in geopolitical sense
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thumb|The Prakrit name Jambudīpasi [[Pali Brahmi name 𑀚𑀀𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀺 (Sanskrit "Jambudvīpa") for "India" in the Sahasram Minor Rock Edict of Ashoka, circa 250 BCE (Brahmi script)]] Jambudvīpa () is a term for the Indian Subcontinent, often used in ancient Indian sources.
The term comes from ancient Indian cosmogony and is based on the concept of dvīpa, meaning 'island' or 'continent'. The term Jambudvīpa was used by Ashoka to describe his realm in the 3rd century BC. The same term is also found in subsequent texts, for instance the Kannada inscriptions from the 10th century CE, to refer to the region, presumably ancient India.
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