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2 unusual facts about Buddhist mythology


Buddhist mythology

The continent takes its name from a giant Jambu tree (Syzygium cumini), 100 yojanas tall, which grows in the middle of the continent.

It is a relatively broad mythology, as it was adopted and influenced by several diverse cultures such as Gandhara (Peshawar, Pakistan) which was the capital of Bactria.


La pulce d'acqua

"La lepre nella luna" ("The hare in the Moon") is inspired by a Buddhist legend of the Moon rabbit.


see also

Uttara-kuru

Uttarakuru, a continent in ancient Hindu and Buddhist mythology