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The four continents located in the four directions around Mount Meru, constituting a universal system. They are: the semicircular lus 'phags po, Skt. Videha, in the east; the trapezoidal 'dzam bu gling, Skt. Jambudvīpa, in the south; the circular ba lang spyod, Skt. Godānīya, in the west; and the square sgra mi snyan, Skt. Uttarakuru, in the north. Respectively, the names of the continents mean: Sublime Body, Land of Rose Apples, Bountiful Cow, and Unpleasant Sound. Each of the four main cosmic continents is accompanied by two subcontinents of the same shape. Human beings inhabit these continents with the exception of Cāmara (rnga yab), which is populated by rākṣasas, a kind of flesh-eating demon. [TPQ, 2010]