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द्वीप a &c. See s.v. द्वीप mn. bmn. ( fr. द्वि + अप्, [Pāṇ. 5-4, 74; 6-3, 97] ) an island, peninsula, sandbank, [RV.] ; [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.] &c. अयं द्वीपः a division of the terrestrial world (either 7 [ जम्बु, प्लक्ष or गो-मेदक, शाल्मली, कुश, क्रौञ्च, शाक and पुष्कर, [MBh. vi, 604 &c.] ; [Hariv.] ; [Pur.] &c.] or 4 [ भद्राश्व, केतु-माल, जम्बु-द्वीप and उत्तराःकुरवः, [MBh. vi, 208] ; [Hariv.] ; [Kāv.] &c. cf. [Dharmas. cxx] ] or 13 [the latter four + 9, viz. इन्द्र-द्वीप, कशेरू-मत्, ताम्र-वर्ण, गभस्ति-मत्, नाग-द्वीप, सौम्य, गान्धर्व, वरुण and भारत, which are enumerated, [VP. ii, 3, 6; 7] , as forming भारत-वर्ष] or 18 [among which the उप-द्वीपs are said to be included, [Naiṣ. i, 5] Sch. ]; they are situated round the mountain मेरु, and separated from each other by distinct concentric circumambient oceans; = जम्बु-द्व्°, [BhP. v, 16, 5 or] = भारत-द्व्°, [VP. ii, 3, 7] ) द्वीप m. m. place of refuge, shelter, protection or protector, [MBh.] ; [Kāraṇḍ.] a tiger's skin, [L.] -सम्भव cubebs, [L.] ( cf. ).
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