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Jambudvipa, also known as Sudarśanadvīpa, forms the innermost concentric island in the above scheme. Its name is said to derive from the jambu tree, Syzygium cumini . The fruits of the jambu tree are said, in the Viṣṇupurāṇa (ch.2), to be as large as Asian elephants , and when they become rotten and fall upon the crest of the mountains ...
"This (Brahmaputra) is the eastern boundary of Jambudvipa, its western boundary being the mouths of the Indus and its southern boundary being the Indian Ocean or Rama Sethu." [58] Between first century BCE [59] and ninth century CE [60] [61] Bhāratavarṣ (realm of Bhārat) [62] [63] [64] Vishnu Purana
Jambudvipa is the innermost of these island continents, shaped like a disc. The earth rests upon the head of Shesha , the cosmic serpent, who is himself supported by the tortoise named Akupara , who is supported by the Ashtadiggajas , the eight celestial elephants that stand on the shell of Brahmanda .
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The Jambudvipa region to the south of Uttarapatha was known as Majjhimadesa (or the Middle Country) in Buddhist texts and Madhyadesa in Puranic texts. According to Buddhist texts, Kamboja and Gandhara , two of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or great nations referred to in the Anguttara Nikaya and Chulla-Niddesa belonged to the Uttarapatha .
In the past, fishermen came from the Chittagong and Noakhali areas of Bangladesh for fishing. They developed special aptitude and traditional skills for marine fishing. The main reasons for using Jambudwip were the island's proximity to the fishing grounds, presence of a natural creek for safe harbouring of their boats, and supply of drinking water.
Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries.. It consists of a temporal and a spatial cosmology.