noun
China and India; faraway lands
Archaic or literary term referring to distant foreign lands, especially China and India. The second gloss 'far away' reflects a figurative extension, but the primary meaning is the two countries as symbols of remote places.
昔の人は、唐天竺まで旅をするのは命がけだった。
In the old days, traveling to China and India was a life-risking endeavor.
「唐天
The word 唐天竺 is an old expression for distant foreign lands.