Méru
The mount Meru is the mythical mountain considered as the axis of the world in the Mythologie S Persian and especially Hindou E. It would be high of 80 000 miles (450 000 km). The Meru mount would be located at the center of the ground, in the Jambudvipa, one of the continents in Indian mythology. He is regarded as the stay of the gods or deva. Above the skies are, in lower part the hells, and around extends the visible world. It is around him that the sun turns.
Perhaps the Meru mount would correspond to a mountain on Western bank of the lake Manasarovar, which one calls today the mount Kailash (its name in Sanskrit is Meru or Sumeru ).
Certain legends tell that the Meru mount and Vayu the god of the wind, were good friends. However, wise the Nârada approached Vayu and incited it to humiliate the mountain. Vayu blew with full force during one year, but Meru was not subjected. At the end of one year, Meru slackened its efforts during a few moments. Vayu benefitted and increased the force of its breath from it. Then the top of the mountain was detached and fallen into the sea where it formed an island, current the Sri Lanka.
The volcano Semeru ( Sumeru , with honorary the Sanskrit known , equivalent of the Greek prefix have ), in the east of the island Indonesia of Java, is named according to Meru.
Another volcano of Java Is, the Mont Penanggungan, is also regarded by the Javaneses as a representation of Meru.
The architecture of the roofs of the Hindu temples symbolizes this crowned mountain (the stages of the temple are always of odd number: 3,5,7…).
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