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meru.

Mount Meru: the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmeru/Standard-Indonesian[ˈme.ru]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Mount Meru: the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes

  2. Meru tower: the principal shrine of a Balinese temple, a wooden, pagoda-like structure with a masonry base, a wooden chamber and multi-tiered thatched roofs

  3. triangular decoration as a symbol of the divine being

Where this word comes from

From Javanese méru (ꦩꦺꦫꦸ) and Balinese méru, from Old Javanese meru, from Sanskrit मेरु (meru).

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