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dvīpa

dvīpá &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).