ᬫᬾᬭᬸ
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Balinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Javanese meru, from Sanskrit मेरु (meru).
Noun[edit]
ᬫᬾᬭᬸ (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.
- 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.
- triangular decoration as a symbol of the divine being.