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Cosmography

noun
(pl. cosmographies)
1.
The science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
2.
A representation of the earth or the heavens.





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"Cosmography" Quotes from Famous Books



... The cosmography of the Buddhists is even more luxuriant, for it regards the universe as consisting of innumerable spheres (cakkavalas), each of which might seem to a narrower imagination a universe in itself, since it has its own earth, heavenly bodies, paradises and hells. A sphere is ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot


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