| 词条 | Anavatapta |
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Anavatapta (Sanskrit "the Unheated", {{cjkv|c=阿那婆達多|p=Ānàpó-dáduō|r=Anabadatta}}, also called {{cjkv|c=無熱(悩)池|r=Munetsu(nō)chi|p=Wúrènǎochí}} "the Pond without Heat") is the lake lying at the center of the world, according to an ancient Buddhist cosmological view. The name Anavatapta means "heat-free"; the waters of the lake were thought to be able to soothe the fires that torment beings. Anavatapta is also the name of the dragon that lives in the lake; having become a bodhisattva, it was free from the distresses that plague other dragons, which are tormented by fiery heat and preyed on by garudas. According to Charles Higham, Lake Anavatapta was a "sacred Himalayan lake imbued with miraculous curative powers to remove human sins."[1]{{rp|125}} George Cœdès states the lake, "...according to Indian tradition, is located in the confines of the Himalayas, and its waters gush out of gargoyles in the form of the heads of animals." [2]{{rp|174}} Lying south of Perfume Mountain, Lake Anavatapta is said to be 800 li in circumference and bordered by gold, silver, and precious stones. Four rivers issued from the lake. The earthly manifestation of the lake is often identified with Lake Manasarovar, which lies at the foot of Mount Kailash (Gandhamadana or Perfume Mountain) in the Himalayas. The four mythical rivers are sometimes identified with the Ganges (east), the Indus (south), the Amu Darya (west), and the Tarim or the Yellow River (north). One route by which this ancient Buddhist view of the cosmos passed from sixth-century China to Japan was via gardening. Such gardens often had a hill in the center, representing Mount Meru, and a pond, symbolizing Anavatapta. See also
References1. ^Higham, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, {{ISBN|9781842125847}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Cœdès|first=George|authorlink=George Cœdès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title=The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}} 1 : Buddhist cosmology |
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