FW: Query from a colleague not on this list

[Bill Mak]

Two useful and often cited references to Hindu/Buddhist cosmology with  
abundant illustrations are:

Kirfel, Willibald. 1920. Die Kosmographie Der Inder. Bonn: Kurt  
Schroeder.	
Sadakata Akira 定方晟. 1985. インド宇宙誌: 宇宙の形状・ 
宇宙の発生. 東京: 春秋社.	

Kirfel had a work devoted to the cosmology in Purāṇa which should of  
particular relevance to the query:
Kirfel, Willibald. 1954. Das Purāṇa Vom Weltgebäude  
(Bhuvanavinyāsa) : Die Kosmographischen Traktate Der Purāṇa's.  
Bonn: Selbstverlag des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Bonn.	

Best regards

Bill M. Mak

University of Kyoto
Graduate School of Humanities, Faculty of Letters
Department of Indological Studies
Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

bill.m.mak at gmail.com

On 2012/01/16, at 3:05, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:

> There's a well-written article on Indian cosmology by Richard  
> Gombrich here:
> http://www.ocbs.org/richard-gombrich-library-ocbsmain-148
> that may be of interest to your colleague.
>
> Best,
> Dominik Wujastyk
>
>
>
>
> On 14 January 2012 23:03, Jo <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
>
>
> A colleague not on this list agreed for me to post his query, sent  
> originally to the risa-l list, on Indology.  I hope he’ll get some  
> answers here.
>
>
>
> Thanks and best wishes,
>
> Joanna Kirkpatrick
>
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>
>
>
> > From: Joseph P. Elacqua <joseph.elacqua at gmail.com>
>
> >
>
> > Hello all.
>
> >
>
> > I have recently been looking into versions of the Hindu/Buddhist  
> "map"
>
> > of the world.  By this, I mean the description of Jambudvipa as the
>
> > central landmass in a series of concentric islands.  I am not overly
>
> > familiar with this schematic, but some Hindu sources I have
>
> > encountered describe this variously as "Bhumandala" or "Bhuloka."
>
> > While this diagram appears in the Matsya Purana (perhaps 250-500  
> CE),
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> > I am looking for references to or descriptions of this "map" in
>
> > earlier Hindu or Buddhist sacred or secular texts.  If anyone can
>
> > point me to an earlier reference or possibly to a study on the
>
> > origins of this diagram (preferably in English or Japanese  
> language),
>
> > I would be
>
> extremely grateful.
>
> >
>
> > I also have a related, but alternate request.  In my internet
>
> > searching, I have encountered an (un-cited) image of the Indian  
> world
>
> > depicted as a four-petaled lotus of which Jambudvipa is the
>
> > southernmost petal and Mount Meru is its central blossom.  If anyone
>
> > can point to a textual description matching this (or any remotely
>
> > similar textual description), I would also be extremely grateful.
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> >
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> > Thank you very much for your assistance.  My apologies if there is
>
> > some major study on this topic that I have overlooked.
>
> >
>
> > Joseph P. Elacqua
>
> > Mohawk Valley Community College
>
>



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