dvīpa (7642)

dvīpa
Entry 7642, Page 274, Col. 2

(dvIpa, dvIpa)
dvīpa¦ (Pali dīpa, see below; as in Skt. usually m. but sometimes nt., e.g. Divy 214.25; Mv iii.378.2; the gender of the names follows that of the word dvīpa in the context; normally they are m.), one of the 4 continents, which to Buddhists are Jambudvīpa, Pūrvavideha (Prāgvideha LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK. iii.145), Apara- godānīya (°ni, °ḍānī- in comp., °nika; rarely Avara°, Godānīya, qq.v.), and Uttarakuru (Kuru alone, AbhidhK l.c.); see the second and third s.vv. Listed LV 19.15 f.; 149.19 f.; the three outer ones cpd. with -lipi LV 126.4 f.; Mv i.6.2; ii.68.6; 158.18; iii.378.2; cf. AbhidhK. l.c.; [Page275-a+ 23] Mvy 3045, 3047, 3050, 3054, 3057; Dharmas 120; Divy 214.7, 10, 24; 215.15, 20; MSV i.94.4 f. The Pali forms are Jambudīpa, Pubbavideha, Aparagoyāna (! or v.l. °godhāna), and Uttarakuru.