Adam's Bridge

Japanese: アダムズ・ブリッジ - あだむずぶりっじ(英語表記)Adam's bridge
Adam's Bridge

A shallow stretch of water about 30 kilometers long that connects Mannar Island in northwest Sri Lanka and Pambang Island in southeast India. It is also called Rama's Bridge. It is made up of a series of sandbars and is extremely shallow. A railway line connects Mannar and Pambang, and a railway ferry runs between them at sea. According to legend, this shallow stretch is a remnant of a causeway that Rama, the hero of the ancient Indian epic poem "Ramayana," had the monkey king Hanuman build to allow his army to pass through to rescue his kidnapped wife Sita.

[Noboru Sadakata]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

スリランカ北西部のマンナール島と、インド南東部のパムバン島をつなぐ長さ約30キロメートルの浅瀬。ラーマズ・ブリッジともいう。いくつもの砂州が連なり、水深はきわめて浅い。マンナール、パムバン両島までは鉄道が通じており、海上は鉄道連絡船が航行する。伝説によれば、この浅瀬は、古代インドの叙事詩『ラーマーヤナ』の英雄ラーマが、誘拐された妻シータを救出する軍隊を通すため、猿王(えんおう)ハヌマーンにつくらせた堤道の名残(なごり)であるという。

[貞方 昇]

出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Adam Smith

>>:  Adamski, G.

Recommend

Ghardaïa (English spelling)

An oasis city in the north of the oasis region in ...

Augustus - Imperator Caesar divi filius Augustus

Roman politician and first emperor of the Roman E...

Andrew John Herbertson

1865‐1915 British geographer. Born in Galashiels, ...

Vespa simillima (English spelling)

…[Shiro Katsuya]. . . *Some of the terminology th...

Scaled weasel - Scaled weasel

…They have almost no relationship with humans. In...

Hammer Film Productions

A British film company that has become synonymous ...

Alpine marmot - Alpsmarmore

→Marmot Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPe...

Sonatine - sonatina (English spelling) Italian

A musical term. A contraction of sonata, commonly...

Jacobin Club (English name) Club des Jacobins

A political association formed by members of the B...

Wei River

A river in China. It is the largest tributary of ...

Mahāsaṅghiya (English spelling) Mahasanghiya

...It was a powerful sect of Hinayana Buddhism, w...

Gadidae

…A general term for marine fish of the Gadidae fa...

Procurement Implementation Headquarters - Chotatsujisshihonbu

It is one of the affiliated organizations of the D...

Xindan type - Shintankei

The uppermost Precambrian is widely distributed i...

Zygentoma

…A general term for insects belonging to the Zyge...