གསེར་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

གསེར་གནས།

gser gnas

suvarṇabhūmi

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Golden Island

The Exposition of Karma

Golden Island

གསེར་གནས།

gser gnas

suvarṇabhūmi

Definition in this text:

According to some this may be an ancient name for the island of Sumatra. There has been a long debate about this toponym and which country or region in South or Southeast Asia it refers to, but so far no scholarly consensus has been reached.

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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SU

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