Jambudvīpa
जम्बुद्वीप jambudvīpaThe central island-continent of the Puranic earth-plane, named for its jambu (rose-apple) tree; India, Bhārata, lies on its southern edge.
Where this term appears
- Hindu cosmology: the fourteen worlds and the ages of the universe Essentials
The same mountain, other universes There is a detail here that a beginner should meet early, because it corrects a common assumption. Meru and Jambudvīpa are not uniquely Hindu.