Editing Mount Meru (section)

{{short description|Sacred mountain of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cosmology}}
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[[Image:Bhutanese thanka of Mt. Meru and the Buddhist Universe.jpg|thumb|[[Bhutan]]ese ''[[thangka]]'' of Mt. Meru and the Buddhist universe (19th cent., [[Trongsa|Trongsa Dzong]], [[Trongsa|Trongsa, Bhutan]]).]]

'''Mount Meru''' ([[Sanskrit]]/[[Pali]]: मेरु)—also known as '''Sumeru''', '''Sineru''' or '''Mahāmeru'''—is a [[Sacred mountain|sacred, five-peaked mountain]] present within Hindu, Jain and [[Buddhist cosmology|Buddhist cosmologies]], revered as the centre of all  [[Physical universe|physical]], [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]] and spiritual universes.<ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/78 78]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> It is professed to be located at the junction of the four great cosmic continents—'''Pubbavideha Dīpa''', '''Uttarakuru Dīpa''', '''Amaragoyāna Dīpa''' and '''Jambu Dīpa'''. Despite not having a clearly identified or known [[Geophysics|geophysical]] location, Mount Meru is, nevertheless, always thought of as being either in the Himalayan Mountains or the [[Aravalli Range]] (in western India). Mount Meru is also mentioned in scriptures of other, external religions to India, such as [[Taoism]]—which was influenced, itself, by the arrival of Buddhism in China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THƯỢNG THẤT TIÊU TAI TẬP PHÚC DIỆU KINH |url=https://thegioivohinh.com/diendan/showthread.php?882588-TH%C6%AF%E1%BB%A2NG-TH%E1%BA%A4T-TI%C3%8AU-TAI-T%E1%BA%ACP-PH%C3%9AC-DI%E1%BB%86U-KINH |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=thegioivohinh.com}}</ref>  

Many Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples have been built as symbolic representations of Mount Meru. The "Sumeru Throne" ([[:zh:须弥座]]; ''xūmízuò'') style is a common feature of [[Pagoda|Chinese pagodas]].{{cn|date=September 2021}} The highest point (the finial bud) on the ''[[pyatthat]]'', a [[Buddhism in Myanmar|Burmese]]-style multi-tiered roof, represents Mount Meru.