جمبو

जम्बु jambu, जम्बू jambū, s.f. The roseapple tree Eugenia jambolana, and its fruit;—s m. Name of a fabulous river (said to flow from the mountain Mern and to be formed by the juice of the fruits of an immense Jambu tree on that mountain);—one of the great Hindūdivisions of the world (=jambu-dvīp):—jambutaru, s.f. The rose-apple:—jambu-dvīp, jambū-dvīp, s.m. Name of one of the seven continents or large islands surrounding the mountain Meru (so named either from the Jambu trees abounding in it, or from an enormous Jambu tree on Mount Meru visible like a standard to the whole continent); the central division of the known world, including India (according to the Purāṇas; but with the Buddhists it is confined to India).