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dvīpaद्वीपdvīpá &c. See s.v.
dvīpá m. n. (fr. dvi + ap, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 74]; [vi, 3, 97]) an island, peninsula, sandbank, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a division of the terrestrial world (either 7 [Jambu, Plakṣa or Go-medaka, Śālmalī, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka and Puṣkara, [MBh. vi, 604] &c.; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] &c.] or 4 [Bhadrāśva, Ketu-māla, Jambu-dvīpa and Uttarāḥ Kuravaḥ, [MBh. vi, 208]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c. cf. [Dharmas. cxx]] or 13 [the latter four + 9, viz. Indra-dvīpa, Kaśerū-mat, Tāmra-varṇa, Gabhasti-mat, Nāga-dvīpa, Saumya, Gāndharva, Varuṇa and Bhārata, which are enumerated, [VP. ii, 3, 6]; [7], as forming Bhārata-varṣa] or 18 [among which the Upa-dvīpas are said to be included, [Naiṣ. i, 5], Sch.]; they are situated round the mountain Meru, and separated from each other by distinct concentric circumambient oceans; ayaṃ dvīpaḥ = jambu-dv°, [BhP. v, 16, 5] or = bhārata-dv°, [VP. ii, 3, 7])
dvīpá m. place of refuge, shelter, protection or protector, [MBh.]; [Kāraṇḍ.]
a tiger's skin, [L.]
cubebs, [L.] (cf. -sambhava).
dvīpajaद्वीपजdvīpa—ja n. = -kharjurī, [L.]
dvīpavatद्वीपवत्dvīpa—vat mfn. abounding in islands, [MBh.]
dvīpa—vat m. the ocean, [L.]
a river, [L.]
dvīparājaद्वीपराजdvīpa—rāja m. N. of a partic. Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍ.]
dvīpavatīद्वीपवतीdvīpa—vatī f. a river, [Dharmaś.]
the earth, [L.]
dvīpaśatruद्वीपशत्रुdvīpa—śatru m. Asparagus Racemosus, [Car.] (cf. °pis°).
dvīpaśreṣṭhaद्वीपश्रेष्ठdvīpa—śreṣṭha m. the best of islands, [MW.]
dvīpakumāraद्वीपकुमारdvīpa—kumāra m. (with Jainas) N. of a class of deities, [L.]
dvīpakharjurīद्वीपखर्जुरीdvīpa—kharjurī f. a kind of date, [L.]
dvīpasambhavāद्वीपसम्भवाdvīpa—sambhavā f. a kind of date, [L.]
dvīpasambhavaद्वीपसम्भवdvīpa—sambhava m. the largest sort of raisin, cubebs, [L.]
Vernonia Anthelminthica, [L.]
dvīpacchandiraद्वीपच्छन्दिरdvīpa—cchandira m. or n. N. of a place, [Cat.]
dvīpavyavasthāद्वीपव्यवस्थाdvīpa—vyavasthā f. N. of wk.
dvīpakarpūrajaद्वीपकर्पूरजdvīpa—karpūraka or dvīpa—karpūra-ja, m. camphor from China, [L.]
dvīpakarpūrakaद्वीपकर्पूरकdvīpa—karpūraka or dvīpa—karpūra-ja, m. camphor from China, [L.]