Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c15.8

c15.8

“अयं तु नवमस्तेषां द्वीपः सागरसंवृतः।” “And this sea-girt isle is the ninth of them.” Alberuni’s *Nāgarasamvritta* is thus a corruption of *Sāgarasamvrita* meaning ‘Sea-girt’. The Purānas do not give any name to it and refer to it as a *dvīpa* too well-known to require the mention of its name. Rājasekhara, however, in his *Kāvyamīmāmsā* (Gaekwad Oriental Series No. 1.) named it *Kumārī* and has supplied a clear clue to locate it by stating:—