khor yug

khor yug

A mountain in this sūtra and many others; but, in systematized Buddhist cosmology, the name of the ring of mountains that surrounds the world.

In Buddhist cosmology this mountain range forms an outer ring at the edge of the flat disc that is the world. These mountains prevent the ocean from overflowing. In other contexts this name can refer to the entire disc of the world, the paradises above it, or, as in the Kṣitigarbha Sūtra, to a mountain that contains the hells, also known as the Vaḍaba submarine mountain of fire.

Means "Periphery." Name of mountain range that surrounds the world according to Buddhist cosmology.

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