dvīpa | द्वीप | dvIpa
dvīpa/ | द्वीप/ | &c. See s.v.
dvīpa/ | द्वीप/ | m. n. (fr. dvi | द्वि | + ap | अप् |, 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 | अयं द्वीपः | = jambu-dv˚ | जम्बु-द्व्˚ |, BhP. v, 16, 5 or = Bārata-dv˚ | Bआरत-द्व्˚ |, VP. ii, 3, 7)
dvīpa/ | द्वीप/ | m. place of refuge, shelter, protection or protector, MBh.; Kāraṇḍ.
a tiger's skin, L.
cubebs, L. (cf. -samBava | -सम्Bअव |).
dvīpa/ | द्वीप/ | m. n. (fr. dvi | द्वि | + ap | अप् |, 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 | अयं द्वीपः | = jambu-dv˚ | जम्बु-द्व्˚ |, BhP. v, 16, 5 or = Bārata-dv˚ | Bआरत-द्व्˚ |, VP. ii, 3, 7)
dvīpa/ | द्वीप/ | m. place of refuge, shelter, protection or protector, MBh.; Kāraṇḍ.
a tiger's skin, L.
cubebs, L. (cf. -samBava | -सम्Bअव |).